Smelling Good… Apr 4, 2017 Man's best friend is not always his best companion. It's that canine habit of trying to blend outdoor interests of muddy fields, rotting sea-weed, and... Read more
Cradle of Civilisation Mar 27, 2017 Image: Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA At the same time as looking back on the region's monumental cultural heritage (the image above is the 'Tetrapylon' gate to the... Read more
The Sun God, Ra Mar 24, 2017 The Sun - our past, our present, our future. It was the sun, shining into one of Scotland's beautiful glens which produced the tallest conifer... Read more
Halcyon days: Moving on from diesel Mar 8, 2017 Villa Halcyon is situated on Boquete Island, one of the many islands of the Philippines, in the Puerto Galera municipality. Puerto Galera is the most... Read more
Emerging from the dark ages Feb 15, 2017 Flies They don't tell you about the flies when considering building a house using Straw Bales. Because crops are harvested in August or September, before... Read more
Peak Power: Nepal Microgrid Feb 8, 2017 I'm very much looking forward to Justin's next blog installment (about his Victron powered off-grid Straw Bale home) when he plans to open the Victron... Read more
Winter Solstice Jan 13, 2017 Iron Age I remember late one night, years ago, walking up to Cissbury Ring, in Sussex. It's an ancient monument with an Iron Age Hill Fort... Read more
Elektro Stumpfl: Enhancing hybrid marine propulsion Jan 5, 2017 All the best to our readers for 2017. Here's the first blog of this New Year in this fast evaporating decade. Like Victron Energy, Elektro... Read more
Justin and Linda Tyers: Our off-grid journey Dec 12, 2016 At first glance, remote power specialist Victron Energy's offer to host a series of blogs from me - that knows nothing about electronics - seems... Read more
