Or should that be the one that got away? First – here’s the view from the back door of my truck at sunset on my birthday. Please imagine me, a few friends, a rather large glass of Maciera (it says brandy on the bottle but it sure ain’t! More like turps with colouring) the gentle… Continue reading Good things come to those that wait…
Blown out of all proportion…
What little surf there was has been utterly decimated by the howling wind that seems to be setting in for the week. Nuts. So I have taken the opportunity to make another widget for the fuel my blog ‘design a widget competition’ which started today. The code for this widget is below (don’t forget to… Continue reading Blown out of all proportion…
Liquid silver…
This part of the Portuguese coast is called the ‘Costa de Prata’ or the silver coast. This is because when the sky is overcast the sea looks like it’s made from liquid silver – but when I paddled out into the middle of Baleal bay this morning the sky was so dark from the looming… Continue reading Liquid silver…
Normal service?
I’m not entirely sure what that is but I seem to have been able to get into wordpress today for the first time in a while. I shall post something a little later, maybe something about surfing – just a thought…
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…
I got an annoying bug in an email today. Now you have it too. So – here I am, sitting in the back of my truck, the sun is just starting to lose it’s grip on the day and all is fine. I have driven my truck for several hours (always a pleasure) parked it… Continue reading Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…
WordPress blindness
Well that about finishes me off for the day. I have been struggling to get wordpress, phpmyadmin and a mySQL database sorted out all blinkin’ day. My host neglected to give me any ‘permissions’ – apparently. The famous ‘5 minute install’ has turned into 5 hours! This was supposed to be an exercise in making… Continue reading WordPress blindness