You can take water softeners for granted. We did. It just gave nice soft water with no soap scum or shower head clogging or sink tap chalking up for over 10 years. Then things started to feel ‘wrong’. Washing my … Continue reading →

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It’s been a busy few days one way or another, mostly, as mentioned before, moving a son and his daughter into his new flat. Amazing how previous owners allow a place to deteriorate so much, things that are simply fixed … Continue reading →

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Been a bit distracted recently as I’ve been helping a son move out to his new flat. I’ve not been doing the big moving stuff thank goodness, just the necessary plumbing and assembly stuff. Some people leave their place in … Continue reading →

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Before bumping into garden overload, we decided to do the garden at Goodnestone (near Wingham) as the last one for now. But what a grand finale it was! For starters we had the place to ourselves, which was nice, then … Continue reading →

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We went to Sissinghurst Castle gardens and Great Dexter House gardens today. The weather was great and the mix of autumnal and summer colours was magic. We wanted to do the Tenterden steam railway, too, but at £32.50 a ticket … Continue reading →

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To go to Folkestone is to see some wonderful things. I went today. It’s well worth a visit.

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Just occasionally I spend some time at Margate’s Drapers Windmill showing visitors around. Today was one of those days and I thoroughly enjoyed showing a young family and a couple around the mill. Without the hordes we had last weekend … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had to get a new battery put into my iPhone (it was getting hot and bothered), and as the IT Store in Canterbury (aka “Canters”) has done a good replacement job before, off we went, using the Sturry … Continue reading →

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Today I updated all my Apple devices (apart from the Mac (it’s too old)) to iOS26 – Apple’s latest bling human interface. I like the multi-windows on the iPad; feels a bit like an old PC, just needs multi-screens to … Continue reading →

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Today was an extension of yesterday, still investigating the water softener (labelled Dualit, actually a Harvey) under the sink. I found some help on YouTube, so chased that down to check and clean things out and do a couple of … Continue reading →