For some reason my computer has decided to play up this evening. One of the programes has decided to hog all the CPU resources meaning that nothing else will work. So I am resigned to working on my laptop with limited resources and it is sooo slow… Hopefully normal service will be resumed ASAP.
I am [...]
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Computer Problems…
11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2015
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Newcastle – Day Five
We were all packed up and ready to go before we went down for breakfast so all we needed to do after breakfast was settle the bill for the few extras we had added to our room.
On the way home we stopped off at Hexham to see the Abbey as recommended by JD. Hexham Abbey [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2015
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Newcastle – Day Four
I awoke abruptly at 1am in the morning to the sound of what I soon realized was the fire alarm going off. We both leaped out of bed just as the alarm stopped ringing so I returned to bed and when I was satisfied it was a false alarm I went back to sleep. I [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2015
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Newcastle – Day Three
The five of us were able to sit at the same breakfast table that we had the previous morning. I opted for eggs Benedict but found that there was a little too much hollandaise sauce for my taste. One of the lifts was out of order, delaying progress to and from the hotel rooms to [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 2nd 2015
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Newcastle – Day Two
Breakfast in the Vermont was as excellent as usual, although the arrangements had changed since our previous visits. There is still the buffet arrangement for cold breakfast items but all cooked food is prepared fresh to order. We were pleased to find there was the perfect table with five chairs so we were all able [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2015
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Newcastle – Day One
We had set the radio alarm to wake us in plenty of time for a 10 am departure. I awoke to hear the breaking news that ‘Talk Talk’ (our email/web provider) had experienced a cyber attack and that users details had been downloaded. I lay in bed considering logging on to change the passwords to [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2015
Whilst I gather my thoughts and edit my photos from my recent weekend away with family and friends I present you with another view from my room.
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 29th 2015
