Well, it’s been an absolutely pitiful year for weather in northern Europe. After kicking off our 2012 travelling with a couple of weeks in Spain in late March/early April, we went for one of our spring migration trips to la…
Year: 2012
Roadworks: Steaming Ahead
Yesterday, we were visited by a mechanical brontosaurus which chewed up our old road surface to have it carted off by a stream of lorries. Today, we’d moved on from Jurassic Park into something more akin to Harry Potter when…
Road Works Ahead
Several weeks ago we received a letter from the council saying that our road was going to be resurfaced. The work would entail two closures, the first of which was for two days, 10th & 11th August, to allow the…
Garden Visitors
After all my tearing about over England and further flung parts of Europe in search of Odonata, this year we’ve been honoured and lucky enough to have been visited by a few in our very own back garden. This is…
Never Renew On-line
Here’s my latest in a rather lengthy line of what would generally be termed insurance renewal run-ins. I say generally because one of the first that really made me laugh was with the renewal for my AA breakdown cover which,…
3D: Nein Danke
[A nostalgic nod to all those cars, usually Citroën 2CVs, which we used to see in the 70s being driven around with “Nuclear Power: Nein Danke” window stickers.] Upgrading hardware can be contagious, can’t it? Before our spring migration to…
Cracking Tracking
While I was in France on our recent spring trip – feels like a very long time ago, now – I managed to lose one of my lens caps. I seem to recall attempting to lose another of my lens…
A Whizz to Wicken Fen
What’s been going on this week – yet more sun? Having rejected Wicken Fen on Tuesday for fear of being surrounded by rugrats pond-dipping, Wednesday looked perfect to give it a try – sunny, hot and no organized events. I’d…
JaM25 to Thursley Common
Given the appalling spring and early summer, this week’s rare spell of wall to wall sunshine couldn’t be wasted so I was anxious to go somewhere on a nature hunt. Cornmill Meadows near Waltham Abbey sprang to mind but, given…
Wi-Fi McTroubles
Last year I became the short-lived proud owner of a Dell Inspiron laptop. The pride was short-lived because, after little more than a month, my brand spanking new Windows 7 system froze fatally. All attempts at recovery failed and Dell…
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