And as a Scottish person I tend to avoid mentioning it north of the border!

What is legal tender? Many people are confused about this – it is more about settling debts than how you pay for things in shops

Well, technically no bank notes are legal tender in Scotland - Bank of England ones aren’t either. But it still more or less works www.bankofengland.co.uk/explainers/w...

Mountain Report - Cairngorm Mountain Keep regularly updated on the weather and conditions here at Cairngorm Mountain through our Mountain Report.

There are a fair number of runs in the Cairngorms, and elsewhere www.cairngormmountain.co.uk/mountain-rep...

This squirrel wishes you well and thanks you for all your hard work on the Spine.

Retreats – Rachel Hewitt Residential Writing Course: Step-by-Step: Writing About Running, Hiking and Climbing Tutor Rachel Hewitt Dates 7-9 January 2026 BOOKING DEADLINE: 28 NOVEMBER 20

A last minute place on my residential retreat about writing about the outdoors THIS WEEK (7-9 Jan, in Harrogate, UK) has just become available! Let me know asap if you might be interested in taking it. More info here: rachelhewitt.org/retreats

Scotland already went there banknotenews.com/wp-content/u...

I did wonder when I saw it whether it could possibly be true, because I was living in Clermiston in 1978 and I don't remember it being mentioned. It does rather sound like the sort of thing that would have caused comment at the time.

The Ashton Memorial is worth the hike up the hill, especially for the views if it’s a clear day.

Lovely to meet you, and good luck with the book launch!

Interesting point - how did Battenburg cake avoid being re-named Mountbatten cake?

Looks fascinating - ordered!

Plague of locusts?

Whoa! Here we go again!

Are you an early stage #advicetech firm wondering whether to apply to Catwalk this year? Apply and demo your tech in front of our High Inquistors in June thelangcat.co.uk/catwalk-is-b...

Need more persuasion? Last year's Best in Show winners Joseph Williams from ZeroKey talks through the process:

*wakes up* *feeling hungry* 😈

32 miles - wow!

Harry Styles Ran the Tokyo Marathon—with Nearly Perfect Even Splits The pop star ran 7:47 mile pace for 26.2 miles.

Respect, especially for those split times www.runnersworld.com/news/a639971...

The Top Class Wednesday Update always provides ongoing service - The Lang Cat Box Office Michael Barratt takes the helm for this week’s #Update and there’s only one topic of discussion this week – the outcome of the FCA’s ongoing advice review.

Box Office Mike Barratt takes the helm for this week’s #Update and there’s only one topic of discussion this week – the outcome of the FCA’s ongoing advice review.

Read Mike’s #Update in full on our website: thelangcat.co.uk/the-top-clas...

It’s grim, isn’t it? Photo from recent run in the Pentland Hills (if it’s good enough for Jasmin Paris…)

Huge congratulations to the unstoppable Olivia!

We're also proudly supporting Samaritans as our charity partner for this event.

#langcatlive

It’s a funny old hobby, isn’t it?

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It does look amazing

Tremendous. Where do I sign up?

I see a few familiar faces there - great work team!

I’m planning to do the Big Garden Birdwatch today, just as soon as the birds stop flying past the window at 80mph. Backwards.

The legend strikes again

This rings very true, and not only because I drive a blue second-hand Ford.

You can tell I wasn’t in the office last week or the Creme Eggs would be gone