Google+ confuses me! However, I have just visited the dashboard and found the handy section of code to use for websites. So I thought I would trial it in this post before I tried it elsewhere. Fingers crossed, you should be able to hover over the follow button below and tick to add to your […]
I sat in a small queue yesterday at the temporary traffic lights, doing some consumer testing for the summer. There are about 200 yards of road to complete and I thought there would be a tiny chance that on Saturdays throughout the summer there would be no lights. But apparently not, the lights are scheduled […]
Continue Reading...After yesterday’s “You and Yours” worry not! It’s all safe here but do follow the tips in the iplayer radio clip or the following older article written at the time of earlier incidences in 2009. For peace of mind please give us a call before booking. Sources: “You and Yours” Schofields article
It was a long journey to Barmouth today. My fault. I decided to travel via a northern route to see the snow before it disappeared. I must have missed the first road ahead shut signs but having gone so far from Knockin on the B4396/B4391 aiming for Bala, I decided to ignore the road ahead […]
With thanks to BT for bringing the installation date forward, Penbryn Mynach now has broadband internet. The estimated speed is 6.5Mbps to 8Mbps and a simple speed test on my phone confirmed that it was towards 6.5Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. The Home Hub 3 is located in the dining room and presently the wireless […]
Bwlch-Oerddrws (or Cold Door Pass) is the 1200 foot high mountain pass on the A470 road from Dinas-Mawddwy to Dolgellau (or vice versa!). I must have travelled this road 100 times or more and it was only today on my way down to Dolgellau that I noticed a little bit of sea. I managed to […]
Sky is back on. Sports and HD pack. I was wondering how best to contact them when they rang me to offer a re-connection deal. When they rang I was up a ladder in Penbryn Mynach painting two high walls on the stairs. I was in Barmouth that day (7th March) waiting for BT to […]
It was Christmas Eve 2012 and one of our Christmas guests rang with very worrying news. The cooker was not working properly. Of all the things in a holiday home not to be working on Christmas Eve this is top of the list of what any cottage owner does not want to hear. Almost impossible […]