Christian Ainley my day to day

  Last night I listed some of the golf balls on eBay, the Titleist Pro V1’s and the TruFeel’s. Now it’s a crowded market on eBay so I placed them on promotion to be listed top. This morning I had sold both listings not for much but it’s a start.  After a quick visit to Tesco it was down to the local parcel shop to send them off.  It was an afternoon of preparing more golf balls to be listed and then a quick walk up Rowley lane and a big haul of 28 balls. When I inspected them at home three of the more valuable ones had small splits so we’re condemned to the bin.  I’ll keep you posted on more sales, have fun stay safe 👍🏼

Blue summer sky   After a very wet morning and hunkering down inside the weather broke and I was able to get out for a walk. The same route as yesterday but I was able to leave the rain coat behind and just keep an emergency poncho in the backpack. It was an air show of sorts today on the walk, first it was grasshoppers jumping from stem to stem as they dry out in the sunshine, then it was dragonflies as I got near to the lakes. The red kites put on a display as they hunted in the fields and then finally it was butterflies as I walked along the footpaths.  It was just a short one to the top of the path snd back it wasn’t too wet underfoot and 10 golf balls today. I’ve listed some on eBay some Titleist Trufeel and Pro V1’s not for much and they are on a 30 day listing so let’s see how they do !  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

  Antony Beevor is a master at historical writing tackling difficult and complicated subjects and presenting them to us in a neat package.  The Spanish civil war is such a case, the roots of the conflict are multi layered but the picture that opens this book sets the foundation perfectly. It depicts the Monarch is his broken down motor car waiting for it to be fixed by a mechanic, with another servant holding a standby horse. All the servants have faces that have been browned by the sun while the monarch displays his sheltered look. Meanwhile his population struggles with a poor economy and lack of employment.  The Spanish civil war is important in modern history it’s a step in the development of modern warfare and a bloody rehearsal for World War 2 which is around the corner. The terror tactics that were used by both sides and the combination of air and ground units fighting in harmony would be put into practice on a grander scale just years latter. Family’s spending day...

  Rain shower rolling in !  It was a wet and lazy morning watching rubbish on you tube and lazing around.  I had lunch and the sky outside looked a lot lighter so I grabbed my gear and went for a walk. Just around the estate to pick up the WeWards and up Rowley path.  Reflection in puddle I got about half way up the path and the heavens opened, I had my musto jacket in my pack and I quickly wrapped up against the rain and carried on. I did think about making it a long walk but the paths were quickly flooding with water so I turned back and called it a day. It was 6.9 miles and 7 golf balls.  I got home grabbed the car keys and went to Sainsburys to get some Newcastle brown ale and chocolate for the evening.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

  I set up a text alert yesterday to inform me when the broadband and cable were back up and running.  At 10:40 I received the text smd then five minutes later every thing was back up and running. Ahead of the 16:07 prediction so there’s a plus.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

  Virgin media logo So I’ve come home from the RAF museum to find my Virgin media TV and Broadband are down.Virgin are aware of the problem and they are working on it.  It rarely happens the last time it was down it was November 2023 and it was for an hour of planned maintenance that was completed in 30 minutes. Before that I can’t remember.  If you experience an outage on virgin media dial 150 on your landline go through the menus and you’ll be asked to enter you mobile phone number and you’ll receive a link so you can monitor progress. If you click through you can register for compensation which depending on your tariff could be a pretty sum. It will also give you an estimate of the repair time too !  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼