Argh! My DSL router blew up yesterday evening which will explain why you couldn’t access this site, Watford Band’s or Trinity’s websites. Sorry for the inconvenience. Kudos to THUS and BT for their speedy resolution. From a call at 10am this morning, the router was replaced and working again by 12.30pm!

Before the DSL incident I was going to call this entry IR Blues, but IR in this case means Inland Revenue (Infra-red blues wouldn’t make any sense would it?) I owe nearly a grand in back tax from 1999-2000 which is fair enough as I’d forgotten to declare some shares that I’d exercised. However, it was the IR that assessed me for tax that year and it wasn’t until January last year that I had to complete the Self Assessment form. The result? I’m now being threatened by the IR for payment when I’ve already paid more than two thirds of the outstanding back tax and I’m waiting acknowledgement of my interest payment appeal. Can you believe that they’re charging interest from January 2000 rather than the deadline for the Self Assessment, January 2003?