Adullamite

  Usual routine, rain, high winds, storm warnings, gales, today cold sunshine.  Typical August weather.  With today being a Bank Holiday in ...

So, the adaptor cable broke, so, I sent off for a new one. Then we had the struggle to update the old, slow, laptop. Then we waited the new ...

  "Oh to go down to the sea again           To the lonely sea and the sky." Well I got as far as the front where I removed some we...

  Now, filling the day with cricket is fine if it means watching England lose.  It is less entertaining when they are running away with thin...

  This, as you know, is the 'Green Moon' from a week or two ago.  Quite why this is called a 'Green Moon' I forget, however ...

  I am beginning to like the front page of the 'Daily Star.'   Each day they have more sarcasm/satire on the world around us than an...

  Another day another Government U-Turn. The 'A' level results were chaotic and  clearly incorrect, in similar fashion to the Scots ...

  Last night I watched some of the VJ-Day commemoration on the BBC.  To say I was disappointed is putting it mildly.  What ought to have bee...

  When the rain stopped lashing down Costa Rica style I sauntered out to see if there were any pictures available.  The threat of more rain,...

  Dreicher Friday indeed! Trapped by rain teeming down until after lunch.  More of this to come, lasting for several days they say.  Not doi...

  The day dawned with promises of thunder and lightning.  Both appeared shortly thereafter but I was so busy making what passes for breakfas...

  Only 'Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.'  Having gone out in the midday sun, some 88% or so hot, and not being Eng...

  So, I awake this morning, almost in a good mood.  After breakfast I attempt to add an 'app' to m phone.  It adds, but whatever I d...

To amend an old army joke re adjutants: 'Is it lawful to kill anyone connected to Microsoft?'  'Yes, as there will always be ext...

The day began with a swift visit to Sainsburys and then a walk over the park, all before 8 am and in the early morning heat. By midday it wa...