Youâve linked your images to their location on your Google Drive, which unfortunately wonât work - unless you give us all unfettered access to your drive which I imagine you donât want to do!
You need to have the images on your actual computer and then upload them from there, that should work.
Ooh do you have a link for the voting code please?
Yes I too am thinking wistfully of the fundamental respect for objective standards of behaviour in the UK this week. Trust me I am besieged with delivery problems for 2 months now and Customer Service? whatâs that for? .And just found out itâs my fault if I expected a French bank to process something given to them without also checking their homework.
I have to add getting my UK State Pension and S1 to this list. Perhaps not as universal an experience but DWP overseas answered the phone within a few minutes, completed the application with me on the phone which took maybe 15 or 20 minutes and then pension and S1 letter appeared as promised four weeks later (I had phoned a month in advance of The Date).
And so it has proved. Engine damaged, he canât take on such a job, he has rung 2 larger garages, they can do nothing 'till September so it is now a case of seeking other solutions and hoping for the goodwill of Mario that I can continue the use of the Berlingo. Ah well, what with the shed, the laptop, punctures on the trike and the garden trailer it really wouldnât do for something to go right, now would it?
I am shaking with cautious optimism. Shaking because, @toryroo and the shed apart, I am not used to good news lately.
Hannes returned as promised today to put the car back together so it can be towed away if I can find a destination. But instead he did what he did not want to do and started to look inside the engine, the damage seemed to be confined to the cam shaft and he had already bought a replacement so gingerly installed it.
Then with immense courage he started the engine and when I came back from the Mondial disaster, did it again. Smooth as custard on its tickover, to my ears anyway, and no hint of the bag of nails of recent days.
He has gone off for his lunch and will return to complete the task and present me with his bill. You never know, if I can overcome the Mondial problem I may be able to afford it.
What a bargain! Merrell recently did the same for me: Iâd bought a pair of trainers that were supposed to be waterproof, but one of them let in a very, very, very small amount of water. I was annoyed at having paid for a faulty item, so I contacted their customer service, sent the photos they asked for, cut off the label from the trainers as requested, and was refunded whilst keeping the pair. I was told they take their reputation very seriously .
My cheerful news is that my ZWO astrophotography camera is on its way back from the UK importers after having been away for two months being repairedâŚ
The parts had to come from China of course.
Mind you once itâs back I am probably guaranteeing continuous cloud and rain for all of us for the next two months - which will be welcomed by many!
(Oh and I found $180 US in an envelope in a drawer, which I forgot I had. Which was nice. It has rapidly been converted in to pounds, as I am unlikely to go to Trumpland any time soon.)
My daughter is visiting and we thought we would do an overnight in Tours, simply on the basis that, other than IKEA, we havenât really been there.
Anyway, after a couple of chateau stops, we got as far as Chinon and I was simply too tired to drive any further (blooming hormone therapy but it should start wearing off in a few weeks) so weâre staying there and itâs delightful.
We found a hotel but they declined to match their booking.com price, asking 50% more, so we ended up in the cutest little apartment. I think thatâs a win all round.
Iâd be interested in any restaurant recommendations. We used to go to LâentrepĂ´ts (I think it was called that) but he closed last year and weâre not there often enough to have found somewhere new.
Thereâs a great papeterie there, should you need to stock up on stationery.
I donât think I can really help you there. As we walked around at 18h, we were lulled into a false sense of security, as there was hardly anyone around, so we didnât try to book a table. I guess everyone was in hiding because when we came out at 19h30, just about everywhere was complet.
We ended up eating here which isnât going to be for everyone.
It was a a case of eat and drink what youâre given with the only choice being between red or rosĂŠ. It was more a series of snacks than a meal but we really enjoyed it, with some amazing rillette, bread from the wood-fired oven and a nice, if quite inoffensive, red.
I wouldnât say donât do it but donât expect haute cuisine.