A blog that has evolved over the years from simply about motorcycle trips, to include action against discriminatory legislation from the UK and EU. Then included football, dogs and motorhoming!!!
31 January 2015
Somme15 - New stop added - Grove Town Cemetery
Sony NWZ-B183 Walkman
iPhone 5S
30 January 2015
Dog Training
AZ16 - Further afield?
After all you only live once, unlike what the James Bond movie franchise would have you believe.
At the end of this year I will be 60. I'd love to do a long bike ride somewhere, have an adventure.
I have looked at quite a few sites with organised tours, and have yet to reconcile how two people on one bike pay the same as two people on two bikes!
To rent a bike through UK agents comes out at about $150 a day depending on the season.
A car is about $40!!!
So time to think. Adventure or safety of a car!
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Blog name changed - Florida!
Blog name changed - Florida!
First snow of 2015
After the rat catcher had arrived, sadly no pied outfit and flute, I took Reggie for a walk. Picking our way in the car past miles of trucks on the M20 towards Dover. Sensibly they were in the left lane so we could get past without incident until the junction with the Old Dover road at Capel when they filled both lanes. Well managed someone!
We parked up above the ferry terminal near the White Cliffs visitor centre. Not many cars about as it was a weekday and very cold. The gauge in the car showing 2C as the outside temperature.
I did a mile or so on the paths overlooking the terminal and Reggie much more as he runs back and forth. And then the drizzle started.
Dog walking will be fun in summer!!
The drive home was a little quicker as roads away from Dover weren't jammed with trucks, although some curious lane closures were causing bottlenecks at all the roundabouts between the port and the top of the hill before Samphire Hoe.
We had settled down to catch up on some TV programmes recorded on Sky when Claire came home. It was then we heard the rattling of something on the conservatory roof. Rain turning to hail and then.. Snow.
It came down quite heavily just as we were leaving for dog training classes. The roads a little slippery but not too bad. The higher up we went from sea level where we live to Saltwood and it was thicker. Maybe two inches where we parked.
So this morning much of it had gone but higher ground still shows a dusting.
And the miracle? Southeastern trains still running to schedule!
By the time we had got towards the Thames crossing at Dartford, of snow their wasn't a sign. As he hurtled towards London through Essex it was bright and just damp underfoot.
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Location:Medals Way,London,United Kingdom
29 January 2015
BT Wifi
When you have British Telecom's broadband in your home there are a few "free" extras.
One is to be able to watch BT Sport on your laptop/tablet/phone and in non-HD on a TV.
The other is free wifi across the country.
BT hubs provide wireless in the house but have a public side so that other BT customers can use a bit of your connection. It costs nothing and they don't use your bandwidth.
This used to work pretty well but was clunky. How many wifi connections need a user name and password entered every time? Most usually connect as soon as the phone or computer picks it up.
Not BT. When the wifi icon appears you have to run the app.
Except it fails all the time. I thought it was me until I read the reviews on the Apple App Store. Me? Yes, but also lots of others.
BT Customer Support proving to be hopeless.
Total shite!
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New Blog Editor
I have been using the Blogger app successfully on the iPhone for some time and it has always worked fine.
Considering Blogger is a Google company, you might have been tempted to think that the same app on an Android platform would have been better still.
Sadly, the Google version of Blogger is absolute rubbish. It can't even display posts in the editor in the order they were written. Finding the "last post" is a nightmare.
However, the blogger-me app works okay on the tablet and does manage to get the posts in the right order.
How does Blogpress solve that? It doesn't really as it is an iPhone app!!
But it was worth a try. This post was originally created with Blogpress.
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Rats!
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