Oh dear. My Motorola smartphone is trying to set me tougher New Year challenges. “You’ve been very active over the last two weeks” (referring to my several times exceeding my one-hour walking or running target on Fit.) “Ready to take your goal to the next level?” I have been quite happy with one hour, and… Continue reading
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Conference call of Bournemouth – First Lady of South Coast resorts
I have just been back to this elegant, recently promoted to the football Premiership, but for a century or more one of our elite seaside spots. It has one of the longest continuous beach-front walks in Britain, the perfect place for conference delegates to practice their speeches, lined with smart, upgraded beachhuts, above well-manicured sands…. Continue reading →
Beyond selling houses: Property website Plentific adds services for homeowners
We’ve just moved into our (hypothetical) new home, and there’s work to be done. We need an electrician to fix that dodgy wiring, a plumber to sort out the en-suite, and an architect to give us some thoughts on that extension we are planning. In time we would find all those people, and they might, or… Continue reading →
My year with a smart phone I actually own – the Motorola G
It has been an interesting tech year for me. I’ve had a mobile phone or a smartphone since the mid-90s. But since last September I’ve been doing something quite unusual – owning a smartphone, Motorola’s Moto G, as opposed to effectively renting one from Carphone Warehouse, and it only becoming my property after I’ve paid… Continue reading →
British drivers still unsure on Continental roads, surveys show
It was the first night of our holiday in Brittany. Tired, hungry and not concentrating, I drove away from the holiday home we just reached on the wrong side of the road. I realised my mistake within a few hundred metres. There was nobody about, the road was empty and I was able to keep… Continue reading →
In cricket Wales becomes England as Ashes clash comes to Cardiff
Let no one doubt the cricketing fervour of the Welsh, least of all the Australians, as they gather in Cardiff today for the first Test Match in the 2015 Ashes series. When Glamorgan beat the Australians in Swansea in 1964, and it was the only the second time the tourists had been defeated by a… Continue reading →