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Wednesday, 1st July – Spent an hour on the telephone to the Ordnance Survey trying to renew my subscription, but without success. Life was much easier when money could be sent by post. Friday, 3rd July – Tried again to… Continue Reading →

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 →