Breaking Through, Travelling On

edinburgher wrote: »

I need to get back into backing up, but updates for Windows 10 seems to have killed my (almost new!) external drive. Giving some thought to swapping my mahoosive laptop out anyway, will probably switch to a fancypants network-attached storage solution that backs up a much more modest laptop (in terms of spec and dimensions). Mrs E's brief is that any replacement has to fit into a small drawer (kitchen drawer, that sort of thing).

Yikes! I'm really not sure I fancy Windows 10

I'm wondering about this thing for extra storage on my kindle, put a Bluetooth keyboard with it and it could be great for travelling. https://www.amazon.co.uk/AreTop-Swivel-Android-Phones-Tablets/dp/B01IEIV4JK/ref=sr_1_7?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1475706905&sr=8-7&keywords=Otg+usb+32Gb I'd still need my main external hard drive, though, half a terabyte. Not sure about this thing, especially as I'm told my eldest nephew has super duper connections in the computer trade

beanielou wrote: »

Don't apologise Karmcat.
To each their own & we are all different

Thank you Beanie - I'd hate to upset you :kisses3:

carbootcrazy wrote: »

There's often a lot to be said for 'little and often', KC;). Please don't tire yourself out:)

Honey, I'm fine, honestly - I'm eating like a horse because I've got the energy to do this stuff, and I've got the energy because I've almost entirely recovered from staying so long in the wrong job. I'm still a bit stuck, it's true, but working in the garden is *unsticking* me

I do often sit and recuperate in the middle of the day, I guarantee you I don't push on with no rest.

I'm writing up that summer diary of my first Interrail trip - long, long days, and the nights spent sleeping on trains, sometimes just lying down in the corridor :rotfl: to save money and get places quicker.

edinburgher wrote: »

Pruning is a nightmare. Decided to give our larger honeysuckle a short back and sides, ended up with a full bin :eek:

It's a wee bit like a tree in a horror movie that grabs the unsuspecting heroine by the ankles...

Yes! Cedric whoozits in Harry Potter, and there's a long history of them, isn't there :rotfl: The hedge was overhanging to the tune of eight feet or so, back to only two feet in a few places :eek: Many, many full bins :D

Off to do a bit more of that now, the bin lorry comes tomorrow.

It's weird, isn't it, Watty? In therapist lingo, I must have been "somatising" - pushing all the "argh, I don't want to do it any more" into my body, which was sort of paralysing me. When I stop doing it, hey presto, my bounceback took about a week to get going, and it's really going full tilt now. To be honest, I'm still nervous about running out of puff when I'm far from home, but I think thats just leftover from all that time when I could do so little - I was perfectly fine doing Merseyside to the south coast on my own, and I've been fine since then.

I *need* the activity, but I am taking care, with rest periods and good food. I don't go on about it, which is why CBC is kind enough to want to look out for me :kisses3:

And financially, if none of the plans pay off and I have to downsize again or live in a campervan, its **still** worth it, because when I was still working, I didn't have a life. And now I do. Simples