Prynhawn ddoe fe wnaethon ni ddringo mynydd. It is raining. It hasn’t stopped raining. It will continue to rain. If we don’t get washed away,
Category: Stuff
Blogathon 12/22: Roadtrip!
We (two humans and two spaniels) are on the road. We are taking a well-deserved weekend break away from everything. Well, not away from everything.
Blogathon 11/22: Apparition, apparently
The other afternoon, about 16.45, I was walking the dogs down the first jitty (there are two in the village and we differentiate between them
Blogathon 10/22: Glotech?
Just over three years ago we bought a complete kitchen from IKEA. When I say ‘complete’ I mean it included all the usual white goods.
Blogathon 08/22: Scanner!
A very, very, very long time ago, when I had an appetite for such things, I bought a scanner. You have to bear in mind
Blogathon 06/22: Nice pipes!
I’m considering an upgrade to the Ninja. She’s almost completely standard (apart from the aftermarket tail tidy that I had fitted before I picked her
Blogathon 05/22: Scottish Power!
This post is not to be confused with my position on devolution (which I completely support, thank you for asking). We have had our gas
Blogathon 04/22: Most illuminating
I’m breaking off from watching ‘Sharknado 5: Global Swarming’ to bring you today’s update. But before I progress, I need to share a view on
Blogathon 02/22: It’s Groundhog Day. Again
I could write a detailed academic essay on the film Groundhog Day, but I will make every effort to avoid that level of analysis here.
Blogathon 01/22: economically inactive
Hello and welcome to the Very Big News Announcement. Popcorn ready? Seatbelt fastened? Good. Here we go… According to our Government of Incompetence, I am
Blogathon 00/22: The gift that…
Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Lend me your ears. No. Holdup. Eyes would be better. Yes, lend me your eyes. We are staring down the barrel of
Hearing voices?
We do love our animals. All six of them. They’re family members and part child-substitutes. Like, I suspect, many pet owners, our animals talk to
The King is Dead
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I bought one of the greatest devices known to the human race. I bought a
Can’t get no
This is topical, so in a few weeks/couple of months it’s either going to be seen as being incredibly prescient or a non-event but… The
Neighbours
I dabble (the only word to use) with an app called ‘NextDoor’. It is (in case you’re not yet acquainted) a type of ‘social media’
Home invasion
After a long absence, next-door’s cat has started creeping into our house. He’s cunning, only attempts entry when everyone is asleep. Everyone except the dogflap
Going back to my routes
I’m going up to Deganwy in a few hours. If I wasn’t taking a few bits and bobs for spare parts and many tools, I’d
And another thing
Now that we are doing more handwashing than Pontius ever considered possible, how do I educate my bladder not to kick in with some kind
In the club
Without even applying for membership, I seem to have joined a club. I am now a member of the South Nottinghamshire chapter of the ‘grey-haired,
Safe dogging
The little brown spanner has been enhancing his spaniel hearing lately. Spaniel hearing is where he goes temporarily deaf to all commands as he heads
Getting serviced
It’s that time of the year again. Despite a serious lack of mileage over the last 12 months, the Ninja needs to get serviced. After
Strange goings on (not going on)
Some time ago I was approached by a recruitment consultant. The usual call. They had a terrific opportunity right up my street and wanted to
Fraud prevention? Denied
Every day at 08.30 we get a call on the landline. The voice on the call has been run through a speech generator, so it
That time of the year again
The woes of having a 200BHP machine, eh? The insurance on the Ninja is due. And the bike is due for its annual service. The
Holy arm, Batman
24-hours ago I had v1.0 of the Covid-19 vaccine. The AstraZeneca/Oxford variant. I’ve had more painful general inoculations, TBH. The pharmacist who ‘did’ me was
Thank you for the music
I attended a Synology seminar a couple of weeks ago. It was all about how to use the NAS as a streaming music station, but
Days of future passed
Last night I stayed up very late* to watch a TV programme of my youf youth. The Champions (Talking Pictures TV), episode one. They say
Pandora’s box
A couple of weeks ago, after a lot of pre-action thinking about, quite a bit of planning about and a moderate amount of generally ruminating
Blogathon xx/21: The end
As the hand of destiny meets the bottom of fate, so we say goodbye to another blogathon and farewell to another February, and say hello
Blogathon 28/21: Two years? Only two years?
Two years ago today this cute bundle of spaniel came to live with us: In the two years we’ve been together Robyn has travelled extensively
Blogathon 26/02: Pub?
Two of the inhabitants in da house are highly-seeded competitors in the 2021 quarter finals for World’s Fussiest Eater. They’re in different heats so I
Blogathon 25/21: A hard banging and a big blowjob!
Yesterday morning’s dogwalk was a most unpleasant experience. The wind was cutting straight through the village; when it was on the ease it was tremendously
Blogathon 24/21: Grass, man
After a winter of dogs hurtling back and forth over it, one of the dogs digging little bits up and bringing said bits into the
Blogathon 23/21: Renewables
I’ve just done the annual renewal of the caravan insurance. And I’ve just done the annual renewal of our membership of the Caravan and Motorhome
Blogathon 22/21: The flicks
I miss the cinema. The super large wall-to-wall, floor-to ceiling screen, the vibratingly powerful surround sound Dolby audio, the super comfortable reclining seats, the hideously
Blogathon 21/21: Unvisited
Over at Transport of Delight Highwaylass dips her toe into a bit of Scottish history. I know two things about the country: Yesterday, 20th February
Blogathon 20/21: Shredding
And while I’m moaning about the state of my guitar skills… Have a look at and a listen to this cover of The Beatles’ ‘Wile
Blogathon 19/21: Aliens
At 20.45z yesterday I watched a spaceship approach a planet 470 million km away from here, at 19,000km/hour. I watched this on my phone. At
Blogathon 18/21: Cheating
Not content with the enduring trials and tribulations of Knights in White Satin, my favourite Michael Kiwanuka track (Cold Little Heart) that I love to
Blogathon 17/21: Dischord
You’re struggling to get the F bar chord, right? Not just the basic shape of it, but also how to get into it quickly, and
Blogathon 16/21: (B)Lame
The junior spaniel has been lame all weekend; hopping around the place like a three-legged thing, our little wounded soldier wouldn’t even put weight on
Blogathon 15/21: Unnecessary dates
Yesterday was VD or Valentine’s Day if you prefer. Saint Valentine is the patron saint of epileptics, beekeepers, and Clinton’s cards. And probably Moonpig, for
Blogathon 14/21: Get Smart v2.0
We are a dual Alexa/Google household. The Sonos One on the breakfast bar has Alexa built into it. We mainly use this pairing to tell
Blogathon 13/21: Sour grapes
The last few evenings I’ve been dipping into old documentation on the NAS, and deciding what needs keeping and what can be forever deleted. In
Blogathon 12/21: Get Smart?
Our energy provider has recently taken to strafing me with regular texts and emails imploring me to make an appointment to get a Smart meter