Jamie’s Blog

After completing his move from Liverpool to Juventus Momo Sissoko has taken time out to send this heart-felt message to Reds fans all over the world.

Dear Liverpool fans,

As soon as I arrived in Liverpool I realised how much this team meant. Now, after two and a half years I have to say goodbye and I can’t hide the great sorrow I feel in leaving one of the best clubs in Europe.
Liverpool FC as a club, its fans, its coaches and my team-mates have together helped me to become a better player and, above all, a better person.

Liverpool FC is one of the greatest. The Liverpool fans never desert their team. Even in the worst moments you have a strong sense that the fans are with you, supporting you as much as they can, never giving up, those fans make Liverpool even stronger. I really want to thank them for helping me to feel and to understand what football means in its purest form.

I also think Liverpool FC functions this way because of its leaders; Rafael Benitez works from dawn to dusk, and the players know they must fight for the red shirt in every second of every match.
Now I am beginning a new adventure in another big European Club in Juventus. They have also now put their faith in me.

I shall play to my best in every single match, I shall fight hard for my new shirt to the end, but when every match is finished, I know what I’ll do first - I shall ask about the results of Liverpool FC.

Everybody knows the legend “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and I shall never ever forget the experience and the team.
I want to thank everyone for the opportunity and wish everyone* all the best for the future.

With my best regards,
Mohammed Sissoko

* Expect for you Matt from Edinburgh, I heard you bad mouthing me every time I was on Sky Sports!

Interesting story how shipping companies plan to use sails to reduce there carbon footprint and save a few pennies

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7205217.stm

There is something rather magical about being up on deck of a giant cargo ship as it pushes its way out to sea.

Ten thousand tonnes of metal heaving through the water, the ship’s giant masts glistening in the winter sun.

But there is something even more magical about being aboard MS Beluga SkySails.

On the face of it, this vessel - which is carrying parts of a timber production line to Venezuela - looks like any other cargo ship.

First found in Herefordshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Agnes Clack, who along with her husband John and brother, arrived in New York in 1823; Abraham Clack, who settled in Maryland in 1774; Richard Clague, who is recorded in America in 1803. (info from http://www.houseofnames.com)

CLAGUE (pronounced ‘Cleg’) is a surname from the Isle of Man. This island is in the middle of the Irish Sea, midway between England and Ireland. The name is not the same as CLEG or CLEGG found not far away to the east in England, though the pronunciation is the same.

The CLAGUE name is of uncertain origin. Like a large number of Manx names, it was probably originally Mac something. In the 1400s a law was passed which made the use of all Celtic surnames illegal on the Island. This was achieved in most cases, it would seem, by removing the ‘Ma’ sound at the beginning of the name. The result is that a lot of Manx names now start with C, K or Q.

The original Mac name may have been Mac LAUTHOG, literally Son of LAUTHOG, which could be read as Son of swift, or Mac LEOCH, which is apparently derived from the word leach and may indicate that the original CLAGUES were medical doctors. Or it might have come from the Irish MAC LIACE or MAC LIAG. It was all a long time ago!

The first documented use of the name was in 1511. It is interesting that the name is almost always spelt CLAGUE, with very little variation.

Origin Displayed: English
Spelling variations of this family name include: Clack, Clague, Clacke and others.

First found in Herefordshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Agnes Clack, who, along with her husband John and brother arrived in New York in 1823; Abraham Clack, who settled in Maryland in 1774; Richard Clague, who is on record in America in 1803.

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/clague-coat-arms.htm

Don’t know how I missed this one. Sir David Attenborough with the amazing Lyre Bird.

One of those be happy about life video’s my sister sent me.

Anyone who knows our good friend Robert (”Bob”), will know when he has told you a story, you need to read between the lines to get the truth. After catching up on his blog posts about his recent trip to Transylvania, I managed to extract the following!

Still fuming from his Taxi trip to the airport, Robert takes his anger out on the streets of Romania using his Mercedes hire car, pictured above. When it came to returning the car a week later, Bob was running late as usual. Realising that he would receive a similar reception from the car rental desk as Steve Mclaren turning up to your local pub this summer to watch the opening game of Euro 2008, Bob ditched the car on the runway solving both of his problems.

A Romanian passenger plane hit a vehicle on Sunday before take-off from Bucharest’s Henri Coanda airport, but no one was injured.
The Boeing 737 plane, belonging to Romania’s TAROM airlines, was taxiing into the runway and about to take off when it hit the vehicle. The plane leaned sideways with one of its engines damaged.

Pictures from Christmas, Liverpool game and New Year 2007/2008

http://flickr.com/photos/jamieclague/sets/72157603646758066/

I’m going to attempt to take a photo a day for the whole of 2008, here are the first five.

New Years Day in Illicit Still

Osprey Nest

Kirsty in her garden

Russian Snowman

Kirsty’s friend Heather birthday

You see more, as they are uploaded at…

Picture a Day

Okay it was a particular busy, but 30 minute wait for a coffee is un-acceptable. All would of been forgiven had the staff simply said sorry for your wait. Unfortunately they didn’t, and after 30 minutes the parking attendants where circling the car and I couldn’t wait any longer. I got my £2.05 back for the coffee, but again no sorry.

Its a shame because I won’t be back, I’ll choose Starbucks instead!