On the Road Again!

What the absolute f***! In the last couple of years there hasn't been much of risk to these shysters as I have been doing more miles in the campervan. A £56 increase. In fact 50% for what? A reduced risk and they do this?  

Whilst walking the dog today across the newly painted bridge across the Royal Military Canal, we saw this tiny little pink duck. Whether it was there because it had been dropped and put there, or had been put there for fun. It's great.

Seems to be working a bit better after I cleaned the lens and used some car window spray. It is supposed to be hydrophobic. Seems to be working.

Earlier in the year I bought some window catches for the van. They idea is that they stop the windows being opened by pushing the locking handles upwards.  They proved to good I looked for more. They came from Temu. Decent quality and easily fitted. So I wanted more. Loads on eBay and Amazon, but I only want one sort. All the ads on these sites were pairs, left and right. I only wanted 6 where the handle faces the right. Temu again. The problem is that you have to spend over £15 in an order. So I added a few things that might come in handy for the van, and even a new baseball cap. In the end I just made the minimum requirement!   The duck helped get over the line.

There's a pair of them that have started coming to visit the feeder in the front garden.  This is as best I can get shooting through a double glazed window with my phone ..

Sadly the Aiandcc player I bought last year has given up the ghost.  On the way to London on Saturday it took ages to connect to my Bluetooth earphones. Then the connection was very poor with the player around 2 feet away. It was all snap, crackle and eventually pop. It was impossible to get the screen to light up. The battery was fully charged. Disappointing, but it was very cheap.  So enter the Zaqe Bluetooth MP3 Player. This one was a bit more expensive. It's styled like a tiny smartphone. Touch screen and icons like I am used to. After spending a while backing up the 256gb micro-sd card to the laptop, I fitted it into the expansion slot.  The player came fully charged. It comes with a USB-C charging cable and curiously wired earphones,  and more unusually a printed manual. It also has a silicone cover.  Of course being a man I haven't read the manual, although I did flick through it. It was easy to set up the Bluetooth to my Samsung FE buds. Once I had brie...