Did a test the other day in some online newspaper that allegedly judges how “grown old” you have become: and scored 21/35 …

Finally got round to buying a new phone, after plodding along with my 3-year old cracked screen Motorola. It’s a Xiaomi MI …

Today is like a dull, miserable November’s day. How different from yesterday’s sunshine and blue skies – perfect walking weather, so a …

Having booked a flight from Manchester to Cebu with Singapore Airlines, it turned out that the first leg was Manchester to Frankfurt …

Spent a day tearing the remnants of my hair out trying to find a way to stop Koken appending the site title …

I have a courier delivering my tea who insists on addressing me as “pal”… WTF? He seems to be an obnoxious twerp, …

Very disappointed with Firefox Quantum, and I’ve changed my main browser to Waterfox. Never heard of it until today, but it’s looking …

Right, then: having definitely decided to use Coppermine for the gallery, I am now using Koken… Just felt that Coppermine looks a …

OK, this was not too difficult to sort out. Just stick: date_default_timezone_set(“Europe/London”); near the top of /include/common.inc.php. However, Piwigo does not seem …

Been wondering what happened to the mistle thrushes we had in the garden earlier this year: spotted one by Greno Surgery.

Having settled on Piwigo for my image gallery, I’m a bit disappointed to find that it won’t run properly on hosting.co.uk: it …

Looking to move from my home-brewed blog, I’ve been trying just about everything that’s available from the Hosting Cpanel. WordPress looked good …

… and hello hosting.co.uk. Couldn’t justify the price hike from £50 to £70 for what is essentially a bit of dabbling, so …

We seem to be being invaded by collared doves; which is nice… Yesterday, noticed a flock of around 20 descending on trees …

Had a visit from a Yorkshire Water bloke yesterday to test the water quality in our area, and learnt a few things. …

Glorious sunshine, no clouds, no wind – today must be summer! A late decision to have lunch at the Ladybower Inn: meal, …

An advert spotted by Andy after family lunch at Monsal Head. Where would women be without us men, eh?

Swallow perched on telegraph pole along Skew Hill, singing quite merrily. Yellowhammer singing away along Stanley Hill. I disturbed some largish bird, …

Looks like we’ve had another walk-through from a fox: left a pile of droppings on the back lawn overnight…

Don’t know what’s going on here: amazing number of bird visits to back and front these past few days. Mistle thrush (one …

Since the neighbours hacked down all their bushes and replaced them with a stalag fence last year, bird visitors to the gardens …

Having used Piwigo for my gallery for some time and found it pretty good, I now need to replace it as it’s …

Getting rid of Joomla has very much improved the look and feel of the whole site. The Editorial template provided free by …

Amongst other items, Becky and Andy gave me a DNA-testing kit from ancestry.co.uk. Being dutifully-minded, I gozzed in the tube and posted …