I bought a replacement weather station quite soon after we decided to stay on the island, but it has been unusable for the most part. The...

Well, we achieved the goal of getting out of a (very) clean 1 Vic (thanks Anne for coming over and helping), and getting into 11CC....

I haven´t posted anything since New Year - and for good reason. We are now committed to moving out of our temporary house and into 11CC...

There will be no resolutions for me, in fact there will probably not even be a salute to the New Year as I will be in the land of nod...

... and finally (well, in good time by Isle of Man standards), we have completed on our new house. It all happened quite quickly in the...

We were sitting in the car having a cup of tea down by the seashore (as you do) and watching the variety of seabirds as the tide was out...

We had decided to celebrate my birthday by going to the Shore Hotel - our restaurant of choice, not least as we can get a bus down there...

Aren´t we all moving ever closer to God. Last week, exactly 6 months after we arrived here, we had a bid accepted on a house. Nothing to...

I had forgotten how different "British" electrical systems were from continental ones - especially as some of our postings were in places...

Many moons ago G and I visited friends in Kenya, and apart from all the memorable animals and places (and flights), the one thing that we...

I finally managed to get the e-bike out again after "hibernating" during the TT , then not really having the enthusiasm (and using the...

Well, why have I not been posting you might ask (or most likely not)? The answer is that we sold the house exactly as predicted - someone...

It is getting towards the end of February now and the weather is very changeable - one day warm and sunny, another cold and breezy and...

I know you will not be buying it "gentle reader", but for interest Detached 4-bedroom Villa / Chalet with fabulous uninterrupted views to...

I heard, just before Christmas, that my oldest friend John ¨Bowie"Beaumont from the Shell Mex and BP days had died suddenly. "Suddenly"...

There has been a huge amount of hot air and affront in the UK recently, mainly aimed at people "misgendering" other people. This is,...

or Indian Summer to us Beautiful weather down here at the moment - in fact summer never really ended, but just got a bit cooler at night....

My Amazon wish-list long has contained the requirement for a cheap "GoPro" style camera for - well, who knows really? - to be another toy...

I had a dream the other night in which I had to sort out lots of stupid data in the middle of the road after a minor traffic accident. I...

Steeled myself to take a look in the camera box - expecting the worst as I have not seen any fledging bits around at all (actually a good...