Barclays online banking is out of action for essential maintenance , it says 'you can still use you card as normal' . But when I tried to get cash out the ATM just says 'Your financial institution is...
Sunday. Cloudy again this morning. Yesterday turned out nice, warm and sunny. A slow start, but the afternoon was better. we had a lot of lovely people in, exactly 100 visitors. We sold a lot of ice...
some weeks back, working on a site which has to be cleared completely, he came home with a kettle and it's little stand thingy. A couple of days later, he came home with a loo seat, which was missing...
11a. A former Chinese leader had a right to an Antipodean (5) M???I 6d. A novice is good in France, capital in Portugal (6) L?s??? 13d. Loud, rude, confused.... that's Sigmund for you(5)f?e?d. Is it...
Have had a look through today's runners and have made my choices. Doesn't seem 5 minutes since last year. I had a nice little double up at the weekend so it is free all week. Murillo @ 7/1 Goldream @...
Surely fascinators must be the most dreadful invention in fashion. Teetering on the side of the head, and mostly awful designs, to me they just look barmy! Some of the ones worn at Ascot are beyond...
Police are now considering Manslaughter charges ( as I predicted) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/23/grenfell-tower-fire-police-considering-manslaughter-charges In theory at least could...
Just watched the All Blacks doing their Haka. I'm not keen on the version they did today. I know there are a few versions but I prefer the one where they jump up at the end. They don't seem to do that...
Saturday. Wall to wall cloud and comparatively cool this morning. Some rain during the night, more to come too. Typical, I'm on the canal all day. The up side is my mate's wife is coming with us and...
Good morning everyone - just a bit cool and damp so far, but with a bit of luck, the day may turn out to be a nice one ....no sign of the promised rain, which is no good for man nor beast ... And the...