I had a problem the other day. There were several tractors, other bits of mobile farm machinery and lethal looking things that would mince you up and spit you out if you were silly enough to get in the way all going up and down my little lane..

To explain, I am surrounded by fields and have just a small lane to the front. Hence the farm traffic.

I was happy browsing the net in Sue Towers, that’s my study in my home where I laughingly create my stories, when horror of horrors, my connection went down. I thought that it was the router- no. I thought that one of my cats had pulled the telephone cable out — no. I considered the possibility that field mice might at that very moment be having a feast on the wires — no.

My sig other came in and told me calmly that a tractor with a long prong thingy had torn down the line outside.

After screaming, tearing my hair out and other intelligent things, I rang the phone company and told the nice young Indian lady what the problem was. She said tsk, tsk or words to that effect and promised that it would be sorted out in 24 hours.

Well, here I am 48 hours later and I am finally back on line. Gabi kindly posted my latest Chosen chapter, so my three fans (including my 2 cats) could now read the latest episode.

Whilst in Broadband Wilderness, It left me time to actually communicate with the sig other on a more regular basis and appreciate that life does not begin and end with the WWW.

So, remember if you are lucky enough to have a significant other, be it a he, she, cat, dog, budgie or jelly fish, try to appreciate him, her or it a bit more by just switching off the damn computer, phone, iPod, iPad and going and have a nice cuddle and chat occasionally.

P.S. If you have a jelly fish, the cuddle is optional.