Sunday, February 28, 2016

The fourth tier, February 2016.

THE month of February is almost at an end, so it is an ideal time to round up the February results from my favourite club in the fourth tier of English football, Carlisle United Football Club.

Sky Bet League Two, Season 2015-16.


  • League: Saturday 6th: United 2 - Accrington Stanley 0. Attendance: 4709.
  • League: Saturday 13th: Newport County 1 - United 0. Attendance: 2106.
  • League: Tuesday 16th: Accrington Stanley 1 - United 1. Attendance: 2080.
  • League: Saturday 20th: United 1 - Stevenage 0. Attendance: 4780.
  • League: Tuesday 23rd: AFC Wimbledon 1 - United 0. Attendance: 3526.
  • League: Saturday 27th: Morecambe 1 - United 2. Attendance: 3070.

As it stands on the afternoon of Sunday 28th, United are eleventh in League Two, having played 31 matches, won 13, drawn 10, lost 8. United have 49 points.

United have seven fixtures in March: Leyton Orient, Northampton Town, Wycombe Wanderers and Bristol Rovers (Easter Monday) at home; Dagenham & Redbridge, Exeter City and Yeovil Town (Good Friday) away.

Enjoy the forthcoming fixtures in Springtime.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Wallpaper of the Week: A memory.


WALLPAPER of the Week takes in a view of the River Eamont leaving Ullswater at lunchtime on March 25, 2015. This image, looking towards Ullswater, was taken from the Pooley Bridge, destroyed during the storms over the first weekend of December 2015.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Medium Wave, February 2016

WEEKENDS are a time for enjoying the finer things in life. For me, that is tuning a radio.
Here is the log of broadcasts received on Medium Wave, Saturday 6 February 2016. Times in UTC (Universal Time Coordination; Same as GMT), frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz), transmission powers in kW (kiloWatts):
  • 2000 UTC: 774 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Multi transmitters, 20-100 kW. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good reception. To 2012 UTC. Website.
  • 2020 UTC: 783 kHz: [Presumed] Radio Of Syrian Arab Republicvia Tartus, Syria 600 KW. Speech, half-hour time pips, speech. Moderate to poor reception. To 2030 UTC. Website.
  • 2035 UTC: 792 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster, 1 kW via Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Male reporter at a sporting event. Moderate to poor reception. To 2050 UTC. Website.
  • 2105 UTC: 801 kHz: [Tentative] BBC Radio Devon2 kW via Barnstaple, Devon. ‘BBC Introducing in Devon’. Moderate to poor reception. To 2120 UTC. Website.
  • 2125 UTC: 801 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain, via Burgos, 10-20 kW. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good reception. To 2135 UTC. Website.
  • 2140 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotlandvia Burghead or Westerglen, 100 kW. ‘Pipeline’ with Gary West. Good reception. To 2155 UTC. Website.
  • 2210 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria1 kW via Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. Anne Hopper. Moderate reception. To 2220 UTC. Website.
  • 2225 UTC: 846 kHz: Radio North1 kW via Redcastle, Co Donegal, Ireland. ‘Night Music’. Moderate reception. To 2235 UTC. Website.
  • 2240 UTC: 855 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain, 300 kW via Murcia. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good to strong reception. To 2250 UTC. Website.
  • 2300 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Walesup to 100 kW (Washford, Somerset). Adam Walton. Good to strong reception. To 2315 UTC. Website.
  • 2323 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Liveup to 200 kW (Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire). Stephen Nolan. Good to strong reception. To 2335 UTC. Watch live webcam.
  • 2345 UTC: 936 kHz: Dales Radio150 watts via Brunt Acres Road, Hawes, North Yorkshire. ‘Stress Busters’. Good to strong reception. To 00:05 UTC. Website.
That completes the log for February 2016.
Do please click on the weblinks.
Thank you.

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Now Playing: Facing West




INTRODUCING Facing West, otherwise known as sisters Caitlin and Sidney Powell.
In 2013, Caitlin and Sidney started covering songs and named themselves '2Girls with Guitars' to perform in public in their home state of Colorado, USA. Whilst performing covers, they also started to write their own songs and learn to play a variety of instruments.
In 2014, they worked with producer Jon Bonus to record 'Skyline', their first EP. They also discarded '2Girls with Guitars' in favour of Facing West.
In December 2014, they worked with producer Joshua Bertrand to record their full length album 'Long Way Home'.
Recently, Caitlin and Sidney performed a cover of Coldplay's 'Adventure Of A Lifetime', which you can see above. Over the course of the last month, they have worked with Fifgen Films in Portland, Oregon. Whilst on location in Portland, they recorded a new version of 'Adventure Of A Lifetime' and a video to accompany the new version of the song, which you can see below.

Before the new 'Adventure Of A Lifetime' video, here are Facing West's online links:
I hope you enjoy the music of Facing West. I shall leave you with the Fifgen Films production of 'Adventure Of A Lifetime'.

Enjoy.