Swimming pool pump

The swimming pool pump does work after all. Moral: just because a terminal block has three terminals, two labelled "L" and "N", don't assume the third one is supposed to be earth. So it might not be clean for half-term, as it was last year, but at least I can now make a start. (Well, not right now, I'm doing a twiddle thumbs in build/tweak/twiddle/tweak/twiddle cycle at work, but this evening.)

The heater is still broken though (the melted nature of the plastic box with circuit board inside is a bit of a giveaway).

[Poll #504346]

Cambridge Trishaws

I saw a trishaw on Regent Street yesterday. Some readers might be familiar with the legal battles from a previous attempt.

The new people only offer a fixed route tour (cf. We will not be running as a ply-for-hire service nor can we be hailed as taxis and "Tours and point to point journeys will be offered with pricing dependent upon length and content."), though the deregulation of taxis in Cambridge probably makes a difference too. (The change of control of the city council from Labour to Lib Dem might make a difference too, but it was council officers who blocked the last attempt when the council were in favour.)