A Day in the Spring Sunshine: Haigh Hall and the Whelley Loop

It seems that the spring sunshine has decided to join us and to help us put winter and February behind us. Yesterday being the first Wednesday of the month, it…
Exploring Darwen’s Reservoirs: A Scenic Walk Around Entwistle and Edgworth

The weather has been dreadful. Last Tuesday was supposed to be a nice day, but we had quite a bit to do in the morning (Aldi etc). I managed a…
Cleaning Up My Digital Life: From Political Noise to Linux Gaming

Why I Scrubbed My Facebook Feed Over the last few weeks I have found myself scrolling through Facebook, only to be bombarded by political comments and articles. I decided I…
Switching to Linux: How I Finally Broke Free from Windows

Switching from Windows to Linux It’s been ages since I’ve poked around the “innards” of a computer. I fondly remember the days when the desktop case sat open on the…
Mandelson and the last 10 days – Jan 26th – Feb 4th

It’s been quite a busy week. On Tuesday of last week we had our fortnightly 2 Pint Meditation at The Fairhaven followed by my appointment with the diabetes nurse on…
The Weekly Review Journal- Jan 19th-25th

Health Issues We’ve both still got my big son’s cold. My man flu is obviously much worse than Heather’s slight cold!! My diet is a bit stuck at around 90kg,…





