Using images taken on an iPhone in Ghost

Apple iPhones default to saving the photos as HEIC format. Ghost CMS doesn't support the uploading of that type of image. This is how to get JPEG versions of those images 1) On a PC, login to iCloud Photos (https://www.icloud.com/photos/) 2) select the photos…

Using Ansible to generate a CSV of host facts

I needed to get the name of the OS and CPU count of hosts that were running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.  Thankfully our Windows estate is already setup to allow Ansible connectivity After a bit of searching and testing I got an Ansible playbook together that…

Swinsto Hole - 22 Jan 2023

Andy called out for interest in a trip and Roger, Alasdair and I were available.  Swinsto Hole pull-through was decided.  After breakfast we headed up to Valley Entrance, got changed and walked up the hill to Swinsto Hole.  The weather was dry, but cold, with a covering of snow on…

Valley Entrance to Toyland - 7 Jan 2023

It all started with a bit of a confused organization (on my part) for this unscheduled trip which ended up being a great day.  The weather was....damp to say the least, and the previous nights rainfall had been particularly bad according to the assistant in Inglesport. Toyland was the…

Bull Pot - 10 Sep 2022

I realized today (16 Jan '23) that I missed writing this trip up, so it's being written up a long time after the actual trip - hence there are only a few details Just Robin, Roger and myself on this trip…

Lost Johns - 4 Dec 2022

The agreed meeting point was Inglesport cafe as usual.  I'd organized the meet and joining me was Robin, Alasdair, Ian, Mike T & Andy.  We discussed the options for Lost Johns, which was a typical exchange route of Cathedral/Dome & Mud/Centipede routes; with most of us…

Giants Hole - 29 Dec 2022

I put an email out to the club asking if anyone was free for a trip.  Kate & Alasdair were free on this Thursday for a trip, and Giants Hole was chosen as it was in the Peak District (and less rainfall than Yorkshire) and en-route for them going south…