Chris Jesty

Monday, 1st June – Spent an hour and a half on the telephone with the people from the Ordnance Survey trying to get their maps onto my computer screen, but even they couldn’t do it. Tuesday, 9th June – Went… Continue Reading →

Tuesday, 5th May – Nowadays, I find myself defeated by even the simplest pieces of equipment. Today I bought a frying pan and couldn’t use it because I couldn’t remove the disc-shaped cover from the non-stick surface. Thursday, 7th May –… Continue Reading →

Wednesday, 1st April – Collected the car from the showroom. I was told that the only reason it wouldn’t start was that the key was too far from the dashboard. Saturday, 4th April – Deleted a lot of recorded television… Continue Reading →

Tuesday, 3rd March – Went for a Kendal Ramblers walk from near Crosthwaite to Broad Oak and Pool Bank. After that, I lost track of the route. The best stretch was the unmetalled road through Cowclose Wood. When we stopped… Continue Reading →

Sunday, 1st February, 2026 – Uploaded scans of the last fourteen pages of my scrapbook to my website. Received an email from Chris saying that he has bought a house in Kirkby Stephen. He had been looking for a house… Continue Reading →

On 1st February 2026, I uploaded fourteen more pages to the ‘Scrapbook continued’ section of my website. Some of the more recent photographs are mentioned in the following diary: Diary, January, 2026 [I stayed with Peter Crew in his house… Continue Reading →

Monday, 1st December, 2025 – Telephoned K.T.D., and they used Home Connect to enable me to get the internet and emails. I was unable to do this by phoning British Telecom because they don’t have Home Connect. Tuesday, 2nd December… Continue Reading →

Saturday, 1st November, 2025 – Received an email from Chris Butterfield saying that he thinks that the number of visits to my website is only about 1% of the published figure. Sunday, 2nd November – Consulted my website at 6.15 a.m…. Continue Reading →

Saturday, 4th October – Went on a six-mile walk with members of the Wainwright Society from Glenridding to Silver Point in the wind and the rain. I didn’t pay for parking the car at Glenridding because I couldn’t find out… Continue Reading →