FSX
FSX: Fixing the Saitek Multi Panel blank screen issue
I love my Saitek gear but what I love less is an almost trivial issue that a lot of people seem to have: the screen of the multi panel not showing the numerical display. After […]
Posts
National Parks
Peak District well dressing
Well dressing is an ancient custom, probably dating back to Celtic times, that is still followed in the English Peak District. Every year, in summer or early autumn, teams of volunteers in villages and towns […]
FSX
FSX and the phantom CRJ
Every now and then FSX throws up something so random you just have to laugh (unless it’s right at the end of a 3 hour flight, in which case aaarggghhhh). And so we have this […]
Gaming
Skyrim: modding without crashing
“You can’t mod Skyrim without CTD”. I read that comment somewhere long forgotten a few months ago and it came back to me last week as I was setting up (yet another) new build because, […]
Castles
Conwy Castle, Wales
I’d seen Conwy Castle a few times from the A55 before I first visited: it’s something you can’t really miss when you’re driving through North Wales, looming over the landscape in the 21st century just […]
Uninspiring inspiration
Churches
Rievaulx Abbey
Abbey and monastery ruins are not uncommon in England, thanks to Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, but Rievaulx is a particularly striking and relatively intact example of English history and social change. Rievaulx Abbey […]
FSX
Custom menu music in FSX
I love Microsoft Flight Simulator (without ever having enough time to fly as much as I’d like) but the 8 default main screen music tracks are distinctly meh in my book. Since my immediate reaction […]
Places
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Utah Beach
Last week I wrote about visiting Mont-St-Michel but of course that’s just one small part of Normandy and there’s so much more to discover in this historic and truly fascinating part of France. Utah Beach […]
Walking
Moscar Moor, Derbyshire
When it comes to the Peak District, I’m always torn as to whether I prefer the wild, overcast days when much of the Dark Peak looks like the set of a noir thriller, or the […]