Recorded on two Windows phones, the recordings then spliced together. Robin was a treble, Hel was an alto. In the Allegri, I was in the semi-chorus with Ella (?), Margaret Duthie, & Stephen Power, hidden behind the altar. My friend Stuart was a ringer, adding some heft to the bass line. A cat emerged from the middle of the choir during the... read more

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I was trying and failing to upgrade an Azure VM Windows Server 2019 using these instructions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows-in-place-upgrade and running PS command .\setup.exe /auto upgrade /dynamicupdate disable and selecting Windows Server 2022 Datacentre as the version I wanted to install... read more

I’ve been making some systematic improvements to URLs in the Peter Tranchell website. This website is built using cloudscribe and in particular cloudscribe SimpleContentMost of the specific information about works of music and writing are published using the ‘blog’ tool, which lends itself to searching by categories, dates etc. In fact the site... read more

New PC… Windows 11… setting everything up… cannot access my NAS!! It’s a Netgear ReadyNas2, and I’m certainly not ready to consign it to the scrapheap just yet, thanks! (2.7TB of storage in a RAID configuration for safety). The admin page is accessed at an address like https://192.168.1.xxx/admin/ (often accessed by clicking the “Admin Page” ... read more

Added here for posterity, after I rediscovered it on Westies' site: https://westerlandsccc.co.uk/llanbedr-to-blaenavon/ Where were you Chris Upson? You said you’d be here! Knowing how much you like a sound thrashing, I ignored my pulled hamstring and cracked rib (yes the price of Pen Cerrig Calch), and entered Llanbedr to Blaenavon (15m,... read more

Damon sent me this write-up, which I am posting here for posterity. I expect it is on the Westerlands CCC website too, but I couldn't find it. Runner, Why do you Run? This was the title of a Boat-Race write-up exquisitely crafted by Chris Menhennet a few years back. It's a question that occurred to me several times over the first weekend... read more

A report from the Westerlands CCC website, possibly by Dave Calder, re-posted here for posterity. I think this was my first "long run" (apart from crazily running the Canterbury Marathon as a 16-year old schoolboy!) after starting to do a bit of fell running in 2000. Five hardy souls braved balmy sunshine and a gentle breeze on Saturday April ... read more

A report by Damon Rodwell, dating from May 2001, re-posted here for posterity. This was my first marathon (discounting the one I did a few days after my 16th birthday in Canterbury!). Mark my words – that Crispin lad will go places. [Wales wasn’t quite what I had in mind when I wrote this!] I somehow managed to talk him into accompanying... read more

A brief write-up by Chris Upson, re-posted here for posterity. I joined Crispin as a last minute replacement for Damon Rodwell in the Scafell Class. We failed to match Damon and Crispin’s usual high standard of finishing 2nd, but managed a 3rd place despite a few dithery moments trying to find checkpoints. The 4th team very nearly caught us... read more