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Power Supply Problems

We always have issues with the power supply here. Bird strikes often take it out completely for a day or two, there are constant brown-outs, we have powercuts if it’s cold or windy, the power seems to dim somewhat at 9 pm every night, and if there are any problems anywhere on the local network...

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The Mental Health Benefits Of Freelance Work

Work is often the main cause of stress in a person’s life. Holding down a job is an enormous responsibility; it can take up a lot of your time and energy, and there will always be stresses and challenges in any job to manage. Stress from work can spill over into your personal life, which...

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Top Tips for a Successful Staycation with Family

It should not be a difficult decision to go on a staycation with family. You need a break from work, and so does your family. However, you have too many things to deal with, and having a staycation is not a priority. If you finally decide to go on a trip, these tips will help...

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A Tour of our Fields

OK, they aren’t ‘our’ fields as in mine and Anna’s, but they are the fields that belong to the project that I’m now working for ‘Biomass Connect’. So, as it was a nice day and there were a couple of us new to the project we thought it was time to take a look at...

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White-Water Kayaking Keepsakes

It may have been a week ago that I was white-water kayaking in the Lake District, but I do have some keepsakes from the trip. The best of which requires the sharing of a photo of my upper thigh – not quite my bum you’ll be pleased to hear! Impressive hey – fortunately it’s not...

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A Weekend in Llanberis

What with coronavirus, a heart attack and the subsequent recovery, I hadn’t been up to North Wales for a paddle for ages. I used to go fairly regularly for the Colwyn Bay races with the North Wales Surf Ski Paddlers and the Llyn Padarn Time Trials with the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers. The latter of these...

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Robot Wars

We’ve now become a 4 robot household with the addition of a new Robot Vacuum Cleaner. Burgess our other robot vacuum cleaner lost a wheel a few weeks ago, I repaired him and he’s been doing OK since but we thought it was time for an upgrade. New Smarts The new one is very similar...

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4 Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle?

It isn’t easy to decide to make lifestyle changes. It’s even more challenging to commit to them. After all, having to break and replace lifelong habits isn’t only difficult but can also be discouraging. However, it isn’t impossible to achieve the intended results. Whether you’re looking to adopt a healthier diet or manage your stress...

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4 Awesome Games that You Don’t Need a Gaming Laptop to Play

PC games and graphics cards are so intricately connected that it’s only natural to believe a regular laptop won’t be able to run any good ones. That is not necessarily true anymore, at least not in 2022. Provided that your laptop’s internal graphics processor is powerful enough, you won’t need to spend a pound over...

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How to Show Someone You Care?

There are certain people in our lives who make the world a better place – especially when we’re going through hard times. While life may be busy and you struggle to maintain certain relationships with friends or family members on a daily basis, it’s always important to acknowledge that you care for them and are...