Isn’t This How Life Should Be?
Just able to relax in the midday sun…
Covid Lateral Flow Test
Seeing as they’re free, I ordered an LFT kit. Not sure what to make of the fact that the kit comes from …
Collared Doves Doing Well
Amazed to see a flock of 13 or more collared doves in a neighbouring tree this morning. They seemed to have almost …
Daughter In The News
Flyme is getting some well-deserved publicity. This syndicated article appeared in several places, including the mighty Yorkshire Post. (And, no, that’s not …
Double Dutch
Amazon have several free language books available, so I downloaded them. Just opened the Chinese one, and this page does not inspire …
Strange, Isn’t It?
Whenever home and car insurance are coming up for renewal, the amount of daily spam I receive rockets up. I wonder if …
Digital Mapping
The Tracklogs saga still continues occasionally. My post on Sheffield Forum about it (back in September 2019) brings in the odd user …
What’s Changed Techwise?
I’ve gone “legit” with Photoshop. The old “fell-off-the-back-of-the-internet” version I had was really showing its age, so I opted for a monthly …
And We’re Off…
Didn’t take all that long to get rid of WordPress and use this new blog. Now I have to think about what …
Maybe Time For Some New Items!
Seems like I’ve been neglecting the blog for quite a while! I suppose there’s a lot been happening since the last update …
Storm Dennis?
Things all got rather weird yesterday afternoon. Lost internet, so went through the usual router reboot, and it came back – for …
Browsers Again
Been getting a bit pissed off with Firefox being so resource-hungry, so I’ve now switched to Brave as my main browser and …
Windows 10 1903
Hmm… After 3 months of trying and failing to install the 1903 update, Windows suddenly decides it can install it… Surprisingly, it …
Amazing View From Kinder!
Not my photo, just amazed that it’s ever possible to see Snowdonia from Kinder. In all my times walking on Kinder, I …
The Decline Of Grenoside
Went to post a parcel yesterday only to discover that the Post Office has closed down! No notice, but brown paper inside …
Thanks For The Warning!
Twitter telling me the Sûreté are after me?
Tracklogs Has Gone
Tried to visit the tracklogs website last week, only to find that it no longer exists: domain still registered with 1&1 till …
Pennine Way Rethink
Having watched Dean Read’s vlog of the Pennine Way 2019, I’m having a rethink about the glories of doing the Pennine Way. …
Enough Of What3words
Well, What3words did seem like a great idea, but it’s proprietary and I’m not comfortable with that or their marketing strategy. So, …
Fickle As Ever
Having plumped for Tracklogs and discounted Memory Map, I realised it would still be nice to have OS25 maps for the whole …
Digital Mapping (Update)
After a couple of weeks using Tracklogs, I’m happy with it. I haven’t gone for the full OS25 set yet because (a) …
Digital Mapping
After many years of relying on “a version” of Memory Map for plotting walk routes, I’m venturing into new territory. Richard has …
Better Cut The Grass Again…
Almost 4 weeks since I could be bothered to cut the lawns, and the back one has rapidly turned into a meadow! …
New Way To Manchester Airport
Used 1stchoice1stclass taxis to get to Manchester for the first time. Very professional service all the way from the booking phone call, …