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Hi - I'm Peter Scargill - I'm based in Wark on Tyne, England and in Galera, Andalusia - with my wife and cats. I'm heavily into IOT and also take lots of digital photos. I am 65 and have fairly strong opinions on a range of subjects as you may see here and on Facebook (petescargill), Twitter, Google+ etc.

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Local coffee-stop in Huescar, popped in there yesterday with my friend Dave and as always, took a photo. 

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The I7E Fitness Tracker bracelet is my second bracelet of the day – this one came from Gearbest and comes in an adequate if basic case. As you can see, the bracelet is quite attractive. The App is the freely downloadable Zeroner Health Pro app available in both the Android Playstore and the iPhone equivalent. … Continue reading I7E Alfawise Fitness Tracker →

The other bracelet from Gearbest... both nice also cheap....

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To give it the full title, this entry is about the Alfawise T9 Body Fat Fitness Tracker (or Smart Bracelet). With a 0.96 inch screen, the T9 uses an App (Android or IOS) called Gloryfit (I use the Android version from the Playstore). The bracelet uses an NRF52832 CPU and offers Body fat, Heart rate … Continue reading Alfawise T9 Bracelet →

One of two bracelets recently received from Gearbest...

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Not sure this is how I imagined inner city Spanish hospitals. Just in for a quick scan then China land.

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Anything to do with gadgets - the stuff that gets me up in the morning full of enthusiasm

Still actively developing my home IOT stuff and writing about new gadgets

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Not untypical morning in Huescar near the upper square. Good Tapas at this popular bar, sadly no coffee.

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The South end of Gibraltar, vistied at the start of July 2019 with my wife and friends - not in a desperate rush to go back...nice view of the top corner of Morocco to the left(ish), Algeciras (Spain) on the right.

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Villamartin on the way to Velez de la Frontera.

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Down at the coast near Vera yesterday, everyone having a great time in the sun but a tad windy with high waves...

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New chair covers for our outside chairs - also good for the lakes and beach.

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I hadn't realised it is such a long time since I've written in here. I'm no longer associated with the FSB. After 14 years as IT Director I decided it was time for a change. For the last 3 years I've been spending the entire summer in Spain with my wife Maureen and our three cats. More elsewhere.

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My favourite motorway decorations. On the way down to Galera mid-week.

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Taken during our trip to Valencia this month.

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Today's random church

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Our new pergola.

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Early morning cafe con leche and tostada at La Poza. Lovely.

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A picture of part of our home in Galera, Andalucia - more here - http://www.bedrock.es/time-is-precious/