I just transferred my blog from one Google account ID to another. I'm trying to consolidate all my stuff under xandy@ytheratcliffes.znet and move it away from aandrew@bratcliffe.co.uk. With Blogger it seems straightforward because you can have many administrators, so I've got the old and new accounts as administrators. But you can only have one owner of a Feedburner feed, so I clicked the "transfer" button and chose the new owner's ID and then the new owner responded to the resulting email message and accepted the transfer.
So, here's the post from the new owner. Let's see if the feed sends it properly :)
Details:
1) I had to go to Feedburner settings and change the "from email address" setting.
2) The picture slideshow, photos within blog posts, Odiogo & Snapshot are still attached to my old ID
Saturday, 22 January 2011
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Two for the price of one - almost
Quite a good day today. The air conditioning got fixed at work, and I got praise from fairly big boss and from big boss :)
Yesterday I said I'd spend this evening at either the Goose and Cuckoo or The Newbridge. Well, I went to the Goose and Cuckoo and it was shut, so I'm now at The Newbridge!
The Goose and Cuckoo sounded attractive because it gets a good write-up on the CAMRA web site, and its own web site lists awards, and its in the countryside so ideal for a summer's evening. All of those things are doubtless true, but it's also true to tell that it doesn't open until 7pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I got there at 6:15pm. 45 minutes was too long to wait. There was no mobile phone reception, so couldn't even make productive use of waiting.
I'll revisit on another day though. It looks nice and it's got gorgeous views. I've included two photos: the front - with closed sign on the gate - and the back - with views to distant hills. Click to enlarge. The phone's camera takes decent pictures, I think.
So I drove south west towards Chris Evans' Welsh investment in the village of Tredunnock on the river Usk.
But before I got there I saw the sweetest little ponies and foal in a field along the roadside. I had to stop and take some piccies for the horse-lover in the family - plus for my own benefit too.
The foal was laying down and completely motionless. I'll confess that it did cross my mind that it might be dead. However, to my relief, it briefly flicked a leg, lifted its neck and had a look around, and then flopped its head back down again and went back to sleep. Must be a tough life it's living! The mother stood over it in a motherly fashion throughout.
I presume they're Shetlands. They're the right height, but less plump than I associate with Shetlands.
Anyway, there was a white one on its own and it quietly wandered over to see what I was doing. It was surprisingly timid, so it didn't get close enough for me to touch.
I was parked in a dodgy place on a main road so I decided to move on and finish my journey.
The Newbridge Inn is in a beautiful location. On a bend on the river Usk with a beautiful old stone bridge and with views over surrounding countryside and hills. The location alone must be worth hundreds of thousands!
And Chris (I assume that we'd be on first name terms if I ever met him) must have spent several more hundreds of thousands on doing-up the place and building a separate block for accommodation. It's a very impressive place upon arrival.
But, and you knew I was leading to a but, I wasn't 100% convinced of the quality of the cooking and the value on my previous visit. Today's visit has confirmed that it's over-priced for the quality of cooking that it offers - despite the location and view.
Yesterday I said I'd spend this evening at either the Goose and Cuckoo or The Newbridge. Well, I went to the Goose and Cuckoo and it was shut, so I'm now at The Newbridge!
I'll revisit on another day though. It looks nice and it's got gorgeous views. I've included two photos: the front - with closed sign on the gate - and the back - with views to distant hills. Click to enlarge. The phone's camera takes decent pictures, I think.
So I drove south west towards Chris Evans' Welsh investment in the village of Tredunnock on the river Usk.
But before I got there I saw the sweetest little ponies and foal in a field along the roadside. I had to stop and take some piccies for the horse-lover in the family - plus for my own benefit too.
The foal was laying down and completely motionless. I'll confess that it did cross my mind that it might be dead. However, to my relief, it briefly flicked a leg, lifted its neck and had a look around, and then flopped its head back down again and went back to sleep. Must be a tough life it's living! The mother stood over it in a motherly fashion throughout.
I presume they're Shetlands. They're the right height, but less plump than I associate with Shetlands.
Anyway, there was a white one on its own and it quietly wandered over to see what I was doing. It was surprisingly timid, so it didn't get close enough for me to touch.
I was parked in a dodgy place on a main road so I decided to move on and finish my journey.
The Newbridge Inn is in a beautiful location. On a bend on the river Usk with a beautiful old stone bridge and with views over surrounding countryside and hills. The location alone must be worth hundreds of thousands!And Chris (I assume that we'd be on first name terms if I ever met him) must have spent several more hundreds of thousands on doing-up the place and building a separate block for accommodation. It's a very impressive place upon arrival.
But, and you knew I was leading to a but, I wasn't 100% convinced of the quality of the cooking and the value on my previous visit. Today's visit has confirmed that it's over-priced for the quality of cooking that it offers - despite the location and view.I had pilchards wrapped in parma ham, followed by welsh lamb with gnocci, then cheese board. It's not very often that I describe a restaurant is poor value, but £9.50 for a cheeseboard with three measly bits of cheese on it is too much, even though it also had millions of crackers plus celery, chutney and grapes. The choice of cheeses was more than 50% French; my lamb was not pink; and the wi-fi is too weak and I have resorted to using my mobile phone for an internet connection (good signal sat by the window).
Alright, I'll stop grumbling, but I don't see me re-visiting. Sadly, not recommended. C'mon Chris, you can do better.
Good luck in the Chinbrook tomorrow J. I hope Mum's pasta stuff-up does the trick ;
Good luck in the Chinbrook tomorrow J. I hope Mum's pasta stuff-up does the trick ;
Monday, 24 May 2010
Sunny Week
Air conditioning has failed in the office so it's enormously stuffy and very hot - the windows don't open. It failed on Friday. Today we were issued with USB-powered fans. Clever! Saves any health & safety issues over untested electrical equipment and wires trailing over the floor. Due to be fixed by Wednesday. I'll believe that when I see it!
I did my usual Monday evening trip to Tredegar Arms this evening (photo from car park). Bumped into Kev - fellow contractor at ONS. We had a nice chat. He's a Geordie, so we slightly struggle to understand each other :)
Tomorrow is blog night, and Wednesday some of us are playing boule at the Wheatsheaf.
I think I'll try to find somewhere new tomorrow evening. Up in the hills, but with wi-fi or good mobile phone reception! Maybe the Goose & Cuckoo, else I may play safe and go to the Newbridge Inn (I knowfor sure they've got wi-fi).
I've not played boules before. We've been to the Wheatsheaf a few times over the winter. They have a fortnightly pub quiz and we've actually won it one and cam second or third on another occasion. Boule should be interesting. I'll try to get some photos.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Old favourite
[Later]
OMG the bar just got full with 30 muddy cyclists all looking smart (in a muddy and sweaty kind of way) in their club shirts: Machen Miggly Moos. I love the Injured in Action page on their web site!
The Hollybush is a popular stopping-off point for ramblers, and I've seen squads of cyclists in here too, but never 30 in one go.
They've all got their pints and gone back outside. Must be nice cycling the welsh hills at this time of year (if only they weren't so steep!).
The lamb chop (actually three - the menu's underselling the product) was very nice. Big plate.
Right, now I focus on my NoteColon article...
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Dinner en train
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| The carriage room |
I'm having cauliflower & cheese soup, followed by brill with a king prawn wanton.
[Later]
It was very nice, and I followed it with cheese.
More importantly, I caught-up with a lot of emails and managed to squeeze-out a small blog article for next week.
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