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Reader, writer, polisher of prose
40+ years in IT : coder, sys eng, cybersec researcher
BA(Hons) Modern Language Studies
TEFL
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Hosting Reading/Writing Retreats - 2026
Made in Britain Saved in Brittany
40+ years in IT : coder, sys eng, cybersec researcher
BA(Hons) Modern Language Studies
TEFL
Proofreader
Hosting Reading/Writing Retreats - 2026
Made in Britain Saved in Brittany
Pinned
I will host reading and writing retreats in 2026
A peaceful, comfortable house in a quirky village
Trips to beautiful beaches, melancholic moorlands, feral forests
Breton culture, food, history
Kayaking, swimming, horse riding, sailing, tree climbing...
And books, lots of books
#LaVieEnRoz
A peaceful, comfortable house in a quirky village
Trips to beautiful beaches, melancholic moorlands, feral forests
Breton culture, food, history
Kayaking, swimming, horse riding, sailing, tree climbing...
And books, lots of books
#LaVieEnRoz
Miss Daisy thinks I have a hot date
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Miss Daisy thinks I have a hot date
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
I told her I would only consider going on a date if were with a 70 year old Icelandic man with his own herd of horses
That would be hot indeed
Remember when such storms were infrequent events?
Now we seem to have a major storm a week in autumn/winter
Climate crisis and do not let anyone tell you otherwise
Now we seem to have a major storm a week in autumn/winter
Climate crisis and do not let anyone tell you otherwise
Storm Claudia could bring wind gusts of 60-70 mph today for parts of northwest England and northwest Wales
This includes cross winds for some major roads such as the M6, which will result in dangerous driving conditions
Warnings are in force, so please take care ⚠️
This includes cross winds for some major roads such as the M6, which will result in dangerous driving conditions
Warnings are in force, so please take care ⚠️
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Remember when such storms were infrequent events?
Now we seem to have a major storm a week in autumn/winter
Climate crisis and do not let anyone tell you otherwise
Now we seem to have a major storm a week in autumn/winter
Climate crisis and do not let anyone tell you otherwise
I've always thought it would be quite nice to share my house with like-minded people but I suspect my nocturnal lifestyle might make me a nightmare to live with
I guess having the choice is what matters?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I guess having the choice is what matters?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The rapid rise of renters in their 60s: ‘I hate the idea of house-sharing – but I have no choice’
It is often assumed that people of retirement age will no longer have housing costs to cover. But for a significant and growing group, this is far from the case
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I've always thought it would be quite nice to share my house with like-minded people but I suspect my nocturnal lifestyle might make me a nightmare to live with
I guess having the choice is what matters?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I guess having the choice is what matters?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
Publish Epsteins' little black book
And release the videos he had recorded from his mansions
You don't think he didn't keep the proof of who abused the trafficked girls?
Of course he did
And Ghislaine must know where to find it
And release the videos he had recorded from his mansions
You don't think he didn't keep the proof of who abused the trafficked girls?
Of course he did
And Ghislaine must know where to find it
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Publish Epsteins' little black book
And release the videos he had recorded from his mansions
You don't think he didn't keep the proof of who abused the trafficked girls?
Of course he did
And Ghislaine must know where to find it
And release the videos he had recorded from his mansions
You don't think he didn't keep the proof of who abused the trafficked girls?
Of course he did
And Ghislaine must know where to find it
Benoit led the church service
I thought it was unfeeling and, well, cold
He did not attend the ceremony at the war memorial and the 1 min silence
And he was absent from the meal in the village hall
I think the man has serious problems
I thought it was unfeeling and, well, cold
He did not attend the ceremony at the war memorial and the 1 min silence
And he was absent from the meal in the village hall
I think the man has serious problems
Outrage and mutterings as Benoit deems it appropriate to fly two German navy flags on 11th November
He also has one US, one UK and one French flag flying
Not no Canadian or Australian tributes
He also has one US, one UK and one French flag flying
Not no Canadian or Australian tributes
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Benoit led the church service
I thought it was unfeeling and, well, cold
He did not attend the ceremony at the war memorial and the 1 min silence
And he was absent from the meal in the village hall
I think the man has serious problems
I thought it was unfeeling and, well, cold
He did not attend the ceremony at the war memorial and the 1 min silence
And he was absent from the meal in the village hall
I think the man has serious problems
And then, a tad tipsy, I went to feed and water my ponies
Not easy picking up horse shit while wearing a skirt and heels
I was tiddly and that's why I considered walking Socrates into the village hall to meet those still partying
But no, common sense prevailed
For once
I should have though!
Not easy picking up horse shit while wearing a skirt and heels
I was tiddly and that's why I considered walking Socrates into the village hall to meet those still partying
But no, common sense prevailed
For once
I should have though!
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
And then, a tad tipsy, I went to feed and water my ponies
Not easy picking up horse shit while wearing a skirt and heels
I was tiddly and that's why I considered walking Socrates into the village hall to meet those still partying
But no, common sense prevailed
For once
I should have though!
Not easy picking up horse shit while wearing a skirt and heels
I was tiddly and that's why I considered walking Socrates into the village hall to meet those still partying
But no, common sense prevailed
For once
I should have though!
Reflections on Nov 11th in France:
1. A moving march with flags and flowers
2. An odd church service given by Benoit - is it time for him to stand down, given his recent behaviour?
3. I cried during the 1 min silence, someone else chatted, another drove a car and parked nearby...
1. A moving march with flags and flowers
2. An odd church service given by Benoit - is it time for him to stand down, given his recent behaviour?
3. I cried during the 1 min silence, someone else chatted, another drove a car and parked nearby...
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reflections on Nov 11th in France:
1. A moving march with flags and flowers
2. An odd church service given by Benoit - is it time for him to stand down, given his recent behaviour?
3. I cried during the 1 min silence, someone else chatted, another drove a car and parked nearby...
1. A moving march with flags and flowers
2. An odd church service given by Benoit - is it time for him to stand down, given his recent behaviour?
3. I cried during the 1 min silence, someone else chatted, another drove a car and parked nearby...
Outrage and mutterings as Benoit deems it appropriate to fly two German navy flags on 11th November
He also has one US, one UK and one French flag flying
Not no Canadian or Australian tributes
He also has one US, one UK and one French flag flying
Not no Canadian or Australian tributes
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Outrage and mutterings as Benoit deems it appropriate to fly two German navy flags on 11th November
He also has one US, one UK and one French flag flying
Not no Canadian or Australian tributes
He also has one US, one UK and one French flag flying
Not no Canadian or Australian tributes
Interesting...
I've been doing this for the last year
Miss Daisy, on the other hand is busy buying, buying, buying and filling her house with 'stuff'
I've told her I refuse to sort through it when her time comes
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
I've been doing this for the last year
Miss Daisy, on the other hand is busy buying, buying, buying and filling her house with 'stuff'
I've told her I refuse to sort through it when her time comes
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Döstädning: The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning
Swedish death cleaning helps people in the later years of their life find peace and meaning in letting go.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Interesting...
I've been doing this for the last year
Miss Daisy, on the other hand is busy buying, buying, buying and filling her house with 'stuff'
I've told her I refuse to sort through it when her time comes
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
I've been doing this for the last year
Miss Daisy, on the other hand is busy buying, buying, buying and filling her house with 'stuff'
I've told her I refuse to sort through it when her time comes
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Lots of British birds prefer Brittany to the UK now 😉
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flamingo missing from Cornwall park appears to be in France
New photos show a flamingo on a beach in Finistere, which could be the one missing from Cornwall.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Lots of British birds prefer Brittany to the UK now 😉
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dear Coursera
I know you mean well, but suggesting I take a course in #cybersecurity is like suggesting David Attenborough study natural history
I know you mean well, but suggesting I take a course in #cybersecurity is like suggesting David Attenborough study natural history
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dear Coursera
I know you mean well, but suggesting I take a course in #cybersecurity is like suggesting David Attenborough study natural history
I know you mean well, but suggesting I take a course in #cybersecurity is like suggesting David Attenborough study natural history
Dear USA
Please control your orange idiot
Please control your orange idiot
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dear USA
Please control your orange idiot
Please control your orange idiot
I remember Zeus, pretty easy to reverse engineer
The issue is that companies/govts/people were (and many still are) dumb about #cybersecurity
And much of I.T. has been taken over by kids in T-shirts who are unprofessional and treat it like a big game
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The issue is that companies/govts/people were (and many still are) dumb about #cybersecurity
And much of I.T. has been taken over by kids in T-shirts who are unprofessional and treat it like a big game
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I remember Zeus, pretty easy to reverse engineer
The issue is that companies/govts/people were (and many still are) dumb about #cybersecurity
And much of I.T. has been taken over by kids in T-shirts who are unprofessional and treat it like a big game
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The issue is that companies/govts/people were (and many still are) dumb about #cybersecurity
And much of I.T. has been taken over by kids in T-shirts who are unprofessional and treat it like a big game
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I've learned that our local pet/house sitter guy has availabilties in June 2026. I am tempted to book him for a long w/e. Where will I go? Probablty Ploumanac'h 😉
Two nights at the Hotel Europe in my fav room with the sea view, swimming, kayaking, hiking and dinners cooked by someone else = heaven
Two nights at the Hotel Europe in my fav room with the sea view, swimming, kayaking, hiking and dinners cooked by someone else = heaven
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I've learned that our local pet/house sitter guy has availabilties in June 2026. I am tempted to book him for a long w/e. Where will I go? Probablty Ploumanac'h 😉
Two nights at the Hotel Europe in my fav room with the sea view, swimming, kayaking, hiking and dinners cooked by someone else = heaven
Two nights at the Hotel Europe in my fav room with the sea view, swimming, kayaking, hiking and dinners cooked by someone else = heaven
Friends here are gathering at the village restaurant for an apero session with the rugby on the TV in the bar
They are all there, all my friends and neighbours
All the village
Me, I am off to bed with a book
I have been sociable all week and I can no longer sustain my smiley face
#:aVieEnRepose
They are all there, all my friends and neighbours
All the village
Me, I am off to bed with a book
I have been sociable all week and I can no longer sustain my smiley face
#:aVieEnRepose
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Friends here are gathering at the village restaurant for an apero session with the rugby on the TV in the bar
They are all there, all my friends and neighbours
All the village
Me, I am off to bed with a book
I have been sociable all week and I can no longer sustain my smiley face
#:aVieEnRepose
They are all there, all my friends and neighbours
All the village
Me, I am off to bed with a book
I have been sociable all week and I can no longer sustain my smiley face
#:aVieEnRepose
I did morning pony duties early today because high tide was at 08:30. I still missed it but there was plenty of sea when I did arrive at 9:30
It was quite cold but I swam for 30 minutes with a couple of breaks for hot coffee to warm me
It was lovely, like old times...
It was quite cold but I swam for 30 minutes with a couple of breaks for hot coffee to warm me
It was lovely, like old times...
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I did morning pony duties early today because high tide was at 08:30. I still missed it but there was plenty of sea when I did arrive at 9:30
It was quite cold but I swam for 30 minutes with a couple of breaks for hot coffee to warm me
It was lovely, like old times...
It was quite cold but I swam for 30 minutes with a couple of breaks for hot coffee to warm me
It was lovely, like old times...
Being 69 is posing challenges for me
Not least, society's expectations of how I should be/act
My mother/grandmothers were old women at 60
Me, I moved to France alone, changed careers, took up sea swimming, kayaking and rock/tree climbing, bought a horse at 68 and am thinking of going back to work
Not least, society's expectations of how I should be/act
My mother/grandmothers were old women at 60
Me, I moved to France alone, changed careers, took up sea swimming, kayaking and rock/tree climbing, bought a horse at 68 and am thinking of going back to work
See, 86 years old and dividing his time between a hotel in Vermont and his ranch in New Mexico
So I could be 70 and divide my time between a pink castle at the coast and a horse sanctuary inland? 😜
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
So I could be 70 and divide my time between a pink castle at the coast and a horse sanctuary inland? 😜
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The last von Trapp child is 86 - and is still running their US lodge
The last living von Trapp child still helps run the family resort in the mountains of New England – a little piece of Austria inspired by The Sound of Music.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Being 69 is posing challenges for me
Not least, society's expectations of how I should be/act
My mother/grandmothers were old women at 60
Me, I moved to France alone, changed careers, took up sea swimming, kayaking and rock/tree climbing, bought a horse at 68 and am thinking of going back to work
Not least, society's expectations of how I should be/act
My mother/grandmothers were old women at 60
Me, I moved to France alone, changed careers, took up sea swimming, kayaking and rock/tree climbing, bought a horse at 68 and am thinking of going back to work
See, 86 years old and dividing his time between a hotel in Vermont and his ranch in New Mexico
So I could be 70 and divide my time between a pink castle at the coast and a horse sanctuary inland? 😜
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
So I could be 70 and divide my time between a pink castle at the coast and a horse sanctuary inland? 😜
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The last von Trapp child is 86 - and is still running their US lodge
The last living von Trapp child still helps run the family resort in the mountains of New England – a little piece of Austria inspired by The Sound of Music.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
See, 86 years old and dividing his time between a hotel in Vermont and his ranch in New Mexico
So I could be 70 and divide my time between a pink castle at the coast and a horse sanctuary inland? 😜
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
So I could be 70 and divide my time between a pink castle at the coast and a horse sanctuary inland? 😜
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The pink castle (aka le château de Coastèrés) is for sale because the current owner says he is too old to keep it
I'd cope with it, and I'm nearing my 70th year
The ad says it's on 'une île privé' and that is not true
I've been wandering all over it for 8 years
Obsessed?
Moi?
Absolument!
I'd cope with it, and I'm nearing my 70th year
The ad says it's on 'une île privé' and that is not true
I've been wandering all over it for 8 years
Obsessed?
Moi?
Absolument!
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The pink castle (aka le château de Coastèrés) is for sale because the current owner says he is too old to keep it
I'd cope with it, and I'm nearing my 70th year
The ad says it's on 'une île privé' and that is not true
I've been wandering all over it for 8 years
Obsessed?
Moi?
Absolument!
I'd cope with it, and I'm nearing my 70th year
The ad says it's on 'une île privé' and that is not true
I've been wandering all over it for 8 years
Obsessed?
Moi?
Absolument!
Email from Capital One asking me if I'm familiar with bank scams. 18 years ago I returned to the UK to work in #cybersecurity. My forte was reverse-engineering banking malware and email phishes
I do not miss the toxic work culture
But I do miss helping to keep cyberspace safe
For all you guys
I do not miss the toxic work culture
But I do miss helping to keep cyberspace safe
For all you guys
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Email from Capital One asking me if I'm familiar with bank scams. 18 years ago I returned to the UK to work in #cybersecurity. My forte was reverse-engineering banking malware and email phishes
I do not miss the toxic work culture
But I do miss helping to keep cyberspace safe
For all you guys
I do not miss the toxic work culture
But I do miss helping to keep cyberspace safe
For all you guys
It's been 10 years since I took my stressed-out, cancer-riddled, broken body off to Iceland to ride horses up volcanoes, and 8 years since I last took a holiday (also to Iceland) and I think I deserve one in 2026 to celebrate being 70 and still alive
N'est-ce pas?
N'est-ce pas?
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's been 10 years since I took my stressed-out, cancer-riddled, broken body off to Iceland to ride horses up volcanoes, and 8 years since I last took a holiday (also to Iceland) and I think I deserve one in 2026 to celebrate being 70 and still alive
N'est-ce pas?
N'est-ce pas?
And if I am very lucky I may get to enjoy some wave watching
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And if I am very lucky I may get to enjoy some wave watching
W/E Plans
1. Win the lottery
2. Buy a pink castle
3. And a herd of Icelandic horses
Or, I will drive to the coast and swim out to said-castle while dreaming of said-horses
1. Win the lottery
2. Buy a pink castle
3. And a herd of Icelandic horses
Or, I will drive to the coast and swim out to said-castle while dreaming of said-horses
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
W/E Plans
1. Win the lottery
2. Buy a pink castle
3. And a herd of Icelandic horses
Or, I will drive to the coast and swim out to said-castle while dreaming of said-horses
1. Win the lottery
2. Buy a pink castle
3. And a herd of Icelandic horses
Or, I will drive to the coast and swim out to said-castle while dreaming of said-horses