Ancestry revelations

A day of very mixed emotions. As an adopted child I have always had a full and loving family but until recently had almost no knowledge of any blood line relatives beyond my birth mother’s details. Through ancestry research/DNA test results I have discovered she had a sister and I have now made contact with… Read More »

Royal Mail complaints

What a frustrating session in trying to find the RM complaints option, eventually discovering that the only option for a non-standard one is to phone up.  After phoning and going through the inevitable grind of automated options the call wait queue was anticipated to be 50mins! I hung up. An annoying but simple thing –… Read More »

Another IT glitch due to bad systems

Grumpy old man mode! Yet another IT systems c**k up this time with a swap of service providers (BBand and phone). Dead easy, swapping is the way forward, OFCOM have made it simple etc., etc., say the ads. B******s to that. Not the first post here on this blog about poor IT systems and it… Read More »

Modelling Rufus Castle – Portland (Updated)

The blog may well drift into being mostly model railway posts. This post will be expanded but here is a holding link to a description I posted elsewhere. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/141337-phoenix-yard-including-related-builds-and-stock-mods-etc/?do=findComment&comment=4800753 The real castle The Castle is on the west side of the Island of Portland in Dorset. It overlooks Church Ope Cove. Although often attributed to… Read More »