Scottish Hydro Electric Cup - Round 1

Cumbernauld have drawn Moffat in round 1 of the National Cup competition.

Tie is at home on 6th October.

Full draw here.

The Houdini Box

It just goes to remind me of my ignorance of other people.

In general, I don't think about what people are outside of the environment in which I know them. If you do e-learning, then that's basically it.

Well for Norman Lamont, I already knew he was into his music and performing on stage in front of audience, but here's further proof that Norman is an e-Learning consultant with ambitions of being something more than he does in his day job.

Frakonomics

Most of the way reading thru Freakonomics from Steven Levitt, and it's an interesting little read.



The main take on it is the emphasis on the difference between causal and correlated. Which got me thinking about a similar topic, the difference between effective and efficient.

Glasgow Warriors Chief Executive

Ian Riddoch has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive of the Glasgow Warriors on a permanent basis, having joined the Warriors as interim General Manager in mid-June.

Full details from SRU.

Auchenkilns: Ancient Village

I was flicking thru the most recent version of North Lanarkshires proposed Local Plan the other day, and under sites of archaeological interest I came across Auchenkilns.

Now it just so happens that the Rugby Club is based at Auchenkilns Holdings, so putting two and two together I start getting interested.

The entry makes reference to a Chapel, burial ground and village, with the map reference showing that it sits right on top of the second site that the Rugby Club has which is currently an overgrown swamp.

I've trawled the Councils archive looking for other stuff before, but this is the first time I've come across a lost village at Auchenkilns.

It probably also explains the pond that is shown on some maps, and not others.