Ossie the Range'R

Qpr, Bills & Zeebras fan. Food, Comedy and Beer Lover. Been to 52 countries.

[Ossie the Range'R @Ossie8000]

@JamesBWatt get back control of BrewDog mate.

Coeliac wife can't eat the food anymore as Haggis is now in the fryers.

You're losing an GF market

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

New Zealand, let's do this.

3,000km. 300,000 feet of elevation. 60 back to back ultra marathons.

There will be highs, lows, and plenty of adventures to be had along the way!

Buzzing to share the journey with you.
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Let's fucking go steelers

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LFGS

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LFGS

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LFG

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@LoftforWords @paulfinney1969 @akutrs Just a bit of crack to take the edge off!

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Gwan Littler!

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@PHILIPJ0HN @OLI_DICKO @maxrushden There's anarchy

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Let's go BUFFALO!

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To Arthur Morgan 🍷

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Let's go BUFFALO

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.uool #NEWPSG

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@lee_boyce @thisismoney @_simonlambert Well done mate. LOVE your work

[Russ Cook @hardestgeezer]

#ProjectAfrica Day 107: 60km

Gonna be honest the last few days have probably been some of the toughest of my life.

On day 102 I was separated from the boys & the support van after some impassable roads in the planned route.

In an attempt to find the boys at a village on the plan B route, I stumbled into a rural settlement where the chief told me I must give him money. I had none. So that went down well.

Pretty soon I found myself surrounded by lots of game blokes with machetes. Was escorted out the village into the bush. Mind was racing. I’ve heard the horror stories. Thought I might be about to become one. Emptied my bag to show I had nothing but a half eaten biscuit. Gave it to them, and ran.

Spent the next few hours bushwhacking through overgrown jungle paths. Trying to stay off any tracks until I was far away. Made it to the village on the plan B route to find the road was also impassable for the support van again.

Exhausted and dehydrated, I started heading back to the last known place with passable roads when 2 blokes pulled up on a motorbike. They spoke no English but tried to communicate I must come with them to get back to my friends.

As you can imagine, I was extremely reluctant. I also had no money, food, water, signal, data, or knowledge of where the boys were. Was growing increasingly concerned that I wouldn’t find any of these things before sunset.

So I decided my best bet was to trust that the boys had sent these guys to bring me to them. What happened next was a 7 hour motorbike ride deeper into the jungle. In my head I thought this was it. Me. The self proclaimed hardest geezer. About to get held in a Congo gulag before being ripped apart limb by limb and eaten.

So yeah. That was some going. Eventually I rolled into a village late in the evening where I was taken into a hut, and lots of men argued about what to do with me and talked about how much money I owe them (still had none).

Then the acting chief who spoke small amounts of English came, and we managed to iron things out. Get French speaking Harry on the phone, and find that this was a misunderstanding. The boys spent the next couple days trying to get together a rescue plan through some of the worst roads I’ve ever seen. Bring some money for these people, and get me back.

We made it out. And travelled back to the start point of day 102, where I ran 60km today on our new route. My head ain’t fully there right now. But we move the same way as always, forward🫡

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@hardestgeezer Great podcast on DRC to distract you from the 1s and 2s. #1914 Siddharth Kara of Joe Rogan. Discusses the modern day slavery and child labour involved in mining for Cobalt.

Perspective to get your head out the door each morning in the DRC.

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@TheJamesarris Would love to see a JCH version off the top rope!

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

On this day in 2010… 🗓

Clint Hill joined QPR! 👑

185 appearances and two promotions 💪

@clinthill29

#QPR

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The best thing you'll watch today 🤣