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Solar Water Heating Here you can read up on domestic solar water heating. Solar heating is a more effective way of saving money, and having hot water at all times. Read on to find out more! Types and Parts of a Solar Heating system They ... (more)
This sign was hanging in a cafe at Happisburgh, Norfolk, and tickled our fancy. It is from 1864, the golden age of steam engines on the railways, and the Somerset & Dorset Railway apparently had quite a problem with leaking cocks. (more)
This cycling movie is on my 'might watch' list: Breaking Away. Its listing on IMDB gives a brief plotline of a boy in Indiana, obsessed with Italian culture and wanting to ride eventually for an Italian cycle squad. It's a coming of age ... (more)
During the installation of Windows 10, I was presented with the "Customise settings" screen that explains what sort of data it wants to upload to Microsoft - for our benefit, of course! To quote, this is what Microsoft wants to know about ... (more)
One of John's cycling jackets says "Do not wash in biological detergents." Why? The jacket is a soft polyester fleece that has been coated with a fluorcarbon chemical that gives it a durable water resistant (DWR) finish. As a result, ... (more)
There is a minature garden railway in Wroxham, and it is open to the public on the Easter Sunday and Monday. It's at Barton House, as shown on the map below. There are electric and steam trains running, and the signal box and ... (more)
Knocking down an internal wall can be a great way to make your living space seem a lot larger. Making that decision needs to be taken only after a lot of thought and planning, however, as it is expensive to do and expensive if you change ... (more)
We've just found a company that does rainwater harvesting - RainHarvesting.co.uk, part of The Green Shop. The system uses rainwater for washing, toilets and garden, via underground tank storage. It all looks very expensive, but we asked for ... (more)
I've just been trying to upgrade Adobe Shockwave for my web browsers (IE7 and FireFox 2), and the installation for both fails with this cryptic message: Could not load the DLL library c:\windows\system32\macromed\Shockwave10\gi.dll. The ... (more)
Be on your guard! The Domain Renewal Group sends renewal letters to domain holders, when domains are nearing their renewal date. The letters look like you need to fill in the form, with payment details, or otherwise you'll lose your domain ... (more)