Musselburgh and ADSL

/ Technology, Travel / , ,

You are not going to get the ADSL tech support story yet as my client has decided the best place for him to sort this issue is to take them to court. (See last Saturday’s post.)

So you will have to wait for the story about how she thought changing my Ethernet cable between the laptop and the router/modem would restore my Internet connection, I had an ASDL signal but no Internet!. There is more, a whole afternoon’s worth of pearls of tech support wisdom.

Now to better things – tea and teacakes (well Jeremy had a glass of girders) in the Burgh Cafe, Musselburgh. A real old fashioned cafe, well worth a visit.

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Bridge over the Esk at Musselburgh

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Lunch Overlooking the Firth Of Forth

/ Outdoor Gear, Travel, Walking / , , ,

It finally stopped raining! For all the waking hours since we pitched the tent on Saturday it has rained, soft rain, hard rain, drizzle you name it, we had it! But at about 8am this morning it stopped.

We have spent the morning exploring the coast and stopped for lunch down by the Forth, at Ferry Ness, sitting in front of some World War II beach tank defences.

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We also tried some Polish pate for lunch, chicken and tomato, it was very good and so I have added it to my hiking food list. A can of this and two packs of Italian crackers would make a good sized snack for lunch or with noodles an evening meal.

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Trip to Scotland

/ General, Travel / , , ,

I am away on holiday, I drove to Scotland this morning with my son Jeremy. We did a Geocache on the way up near St Abbs and had a short walk along the the coast path before heading up to the Dunbar Camping and Caravan Club site near Dunbar.

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The above is a view south towards St Abbs.

However getting away was a bit of a rush – thanks to the “tech support” at U***** (more of that story later when I have time to write it up). In the rush I have left my sleeping mat behind – thanks U*****.

(You are not going to get the ADSL tech support story yet as my client has decided the best place for him to sort this issue is to take them to court.)

Better luck was on our side when it came to pitching the tent. We had just got the fly sheet up when the first spots of rain came along. It is a pitch the outer first tent, so we hurried and managed to get the inner up and all the equipment in before the heavier rain came along. I am now sitting in the tent, listening to the rain, drinking tea! Excellent.

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Trail Snacks

/ Camping, Outdoor Gear, Walking / ,

We bought something different, from the supermarket, for breakfast last week.

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When the packet was opened I realised the chunks would make a great smack for walking. They are bite sized and the mix of caramel and peanuts are very tasty and the oats should pack some slow release energy. Eat too many of them and they can be a bit dry – but they are breakfast cereals meant for milk.

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The Little Frog Group

/ Business, General

Because it was good weather this morning, Mark from The Little Frog Group, used his alternative transport to get to our business meeting.

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I’m not a motorcycle enthusiast, so I cannot tell you what it is, but it is old and Mark restored it to it’s current condition – when he first got the bike it was a bit of a wreck! So if you know someone who has a pet “restoration” project that has stalled then give the Little Frog Group a call and see if they can help (details in the side bar).

update – Mark has subsequently told me it is a BSA A7.

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Broken

/ Photography
Broken
Broken

This is a window at a client’s office.

Over 11 years ago I photographed this windows, on film for use in a course I was running on black and white photography, film developing and printing.

The window was broken then – with the same crack!

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