Sunday, 30th August, 2026: After five years of neglecting this new section I thought it was high time for an update. We are still plugging away, never at the pace that I would like. Be sure to link up with us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube as we post there too, and with video content that won't be available on the website here, but I may link it in when I get time.
I have also had many messages regarding images disappearing from the site. I am well aware of this issue and we are slowly resolving it. Basically, where we had the images hosted has stopped allowing pictures to be inserted anywhere that doesn't directly link back to the host site. Once their systems detect this they break the link so random pictures are going, and occasionally images from an entire blog post are going. We are migrating our images to another host, but this is time consuming as every picture has to be reinserted to the page it belongs to. With over 5000 images it's a long process. But, I am using it as an opportunity to revamp some of the older pages on the site with additional images and occasionally rewriting the post. I have also started to insert the dates of site visits. When I started in 2009 this didn't seem like an issue, but 17 years late I think it's important to say if an images was taken years ago or not.
Tuesday, 20th April, 2021: We are still working on video content, and now have 6 '90 Second Guides', which you can find in the videos tab. We are planning an initial series of 10 videos, and we will run another series next year. There are plans for other video content as well, but exactly what form that should take we are still undecided. Soon we should also have our first guest-post in nearly five years, which is very exciting, and I look forward to seeing what our guests have to offer.
There are some issues with font sizing on some of the menus at the moment, and we will sort them soon I hope, but it doesn't affect functionality.
Sunday, 7th February, 2021: I have neglected this news section for far too long, and I noticed that it has been over two years since I updated. In that time though, not much has happened. With work, and family life there simply wasn't the time to do much visiting to places and for updating the site...then Covid happened. 2020 was spent largely in lockdown, and I was off work for over 4 months. I'm off work again now. But, it has given us time to really look at the site and see what was working, and what wasn't. So you'll see we have a completely new look, and have streamlined the pages. There were some pages that simply weren't relevant anymore, so we deleted them. Also, the nature of blogging has changed significantly. Social media is where people interact so we have focused on building our social media reach, and are now on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and as of this week, YouTube. We have started creating video content and this Wednesday we are launching the first episode of out '90 Second Guides' series which are intended to introduce people to sites, and teach them the basics in 90 seconds. Hopefully these videos will be fun, informative, and shareable. Not bad on a budget of zero. This doesn't mean that we have abandoned the website, far from it. Rather, we are diversifying across the internet, but the blog will always be here with new posts regularly from now on. When Covid finally comes to an end we shall hit the road again and start visiting new places!
Stay safe...
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