My wifi/broadband ordeal continues. Part the Two now it is Monday. I spent most of my morning talking to BT, who were actually incredibly helpful so a big thank you to Dylan who did his absolute best for me and completely understood my predicament, though by the end he did go into Full Sales Pitch mode which I found a little unnecessary.
So, afterwards, feeling a huge need for some fresh air and sanity, I took the dogs out for a walk over in my little 5 acre croft, Clothie.
I wanted to see the state of the grazing as I will be putting the old horses and ponies in there soon for as much of their winter as I can.
The grass was looking very good but amongst it were a good variety of toadstools, which I decided to identify to see if any were edible.
The short answer is no! The whole lot are murderous but they do have some great names.
Anyway, I learned a lot today – not just about broadband and mobile phone packages.
Back home and the ponies were waiting for me.
I kissed a few noses and filled up their water (they do get through it so obviously haven’t found the stream in the corner of the field). This was my sanity.
After lunch, I started all over again with Plusnet (my broadband provider), who again were remarkably helpful and I think I have changed over to wifi mobile broadband but, knowing me, I may have got in a muddle and just made things twice as expensive! I am easily talked into things, I think.
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I dislike this technology stuff, though of course it has its uses! Cleft stick.
Wow, those are gorgeous photos! Thank goodness we have animals and the outdoors as an antidote to technology. Many times just going out to the barnyard saves my sanity. Hope it all gets sorted out for you easily.
Always good to have a sanity clause.
Yay for broadband! Oh my for mushrooms! So does that mean that the field can’t be used for the horses or do they not eat mushrooms as they graze? Bottom line-it’s always something. ;-{
I wondered that myself. I don’t think the horses bother tbh.
Do the toadstools get eaten by the animals? Are the poisonous to them? They look very enticing
I don’t think so.
Your wild mushrooms are spectacular…. Do your lovely animals avoid these sorts of things (instinctively), or do you have to sprinkle a warning of some kind?
And how is your big storm gathering?
David/oc27.25.
I think everyone doesn’t bother with the mushrooms. Storm been and gone. No casualties .
Some times you just have to walk away to save your brain.
We finally got fiberoptic here in the rural hinterland, I had raised my hand for it early. Crazy thing is, 3 times they sent an installer to ‘hook me up’ when the cable to my house hadn’t even been laid yet! Hello out there, do your departments every communicate with each other?!?
So frustrating.
Good luck sorting out the technology. Having to deal with things like that absolutely does my head in and I dread it.