ivor

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There was this bang and crashing sound. Sat pondering for a while, trying to figure out whether it was inside or outside, and what it might be, before venturing downstairs to find it was the 5′ Christmas tree had fallen over, crashed into the TV, and the screen pierced by the corner of the glass

My subscription to Outdoor Active ended last month, so I’m now just on the free version. The OS Maps app is perfectly usable and has web features that I like, but it does not allow saving to web of tracks, just routes! So, having been a lazy sod since July, I thought it might be

Quite by accident, I discovered why I must have lost my fixed IP address – Origin are now part of Talktalk! And have been since January, I believe. A bit of a shock, really – I’ve always considered TT to be avoided at all costs! I’m damn sure this was never communicated to me –

Had been considering moving away from Origin back to AAISP (in spite of the cost) as there seemed to have been funny goings-on at Origin. They ditched my fixed IP address and were rather evasive when I asked why, and told them why I wanted fixed IP (the shared IP I was on got blacklisted

I do get too lazy to blog about things that seem obvious and unforgettable, so I’d better say a bit about this unprecedented heat we have been suffering from for the past two days. There was a first-ever Red Alert posted a week or more ago, with somewhere in the UK expected to break the

Had an alert from ExpressVPN that it was due to renew in 7 days. The renewal price was $99.99, which is totally unjustifiable, so I’ve cancelled it, and had a look round for a replacement. NordVPN was the obvious candidate, but not a great deal cheaper once VAT was added. Surfshark a possibility, but I

There was an article in Yorkshire Live about what we called the Halifax Festival back in 1970. I was there, and it was horrific! Rain, mud… As I remember now, our tent collapsed during the night, and – not having a sewn-in groundsheet – we’d all slide out at some point! I think we gave

Walking up Greno Crescent, and a white van pulled up. “Do you live around here?”. Thinking they were going to ask for directions, I said “Yes”. Then it got a bit surreal… “Do you want to buy a new mattress? King-sized bed. A bargain.” The van said it belonged to a company called Bedexpress, but

Had 3 jackdaws in the back garden this morning – a first. Not sure what they were after, but they were pecking about on the path and verges. Also lots of jacdaw activity in the field below Skew Hill – about 25 of the noisy buggers.