Thoughts On - Panic Mode and war between the land and the sea - Update

 Hi everyone,                                                                                                              3rd Jan 2026.

 Please give a very warm welcome to JB, the first to follow me on the blog. 

                    I hope you all had a good time over Christmas. I mainly stopped is as I was coming down with a cold and did not want to spread any germs. As I type this, there is still snow on the ground, not a white Christmas here, but closer than we usually get.

                    As for the title of this post, that was me just a few moments ago, when I tried to log on here, and Google, bless their cotton socks, couldn't find it. I was doing an email to a pal and wanted to include a link to my website, so that he could take a look at my mini painting skills, or rather, lack of them

                  I typed in tears from the front, nothing, added blogspot. com that usually does the trick, still nothing. I then added quotes, zippo.  I tried searching for red alert, page, got shedloads, but none were mine. I rechecked the spelling, which was ok. 

                 I finally hit on tears from the front blogspot.com and just blogspot.com. Have they shut up shop completely? I am very glad to see that I was wrong about that.

UPDATE: 24 Jan 2026 - I typed the website title in the search engine in tonight, and it found it straight away. Since I had added a couple of posts and the viewing figures had been ok, it seems to have sparked its algorithm interest again, which I am all in favour of.

Now that I have got my breath back, did you see the Dr Who spin-off by Russel T Davies, The War Between the Land and the Sea? (No spoilers). A five-part story, released in two pairs and the final instalment. It was a quality production all around. The sets and special effects were realistic. A couple of the UNIT crew would be recognisable to fans of the show.  It features an enemy that should have been given more airtime over the years.

            Quality acting from all of the cast, giving the plot conviction and weight. At the end of each episode, I was left wondering where the storyline was going to lead next. I do like a nice plot twist, within reason. I hope they do a sequel. Now that I have written this, I can read other reviews.

For your information, the next Dr Who series is planned to show at Christmas 2026.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

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