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Sunday Morning Meldrews

So it's Meldrews Sunday again. Whether it is the time of year but there were only two of us out. 

And we were separated. We decided on The 2-Stroke Cafe at Greatstone. It was closed. 

I checked on FB and they had posted on Friday that it was closed for a leaking roof. 

Cal headed off to another cafe and I went to another one as I didn't know where he was going. 

I gave the Yamaha My Ride app a chance and it finally worked. Okay. A two mile ride in a virtual straight line shouldn't have taxed it. 

After coffee at the "End of the Line" cafe at Dungeness Light Railway station I set off for home. I tried the app again. 

After a longer ride I expected to see a full journey. No. 

As it had done last time I tested it and it effed again. Packing up after less than a mile and a half. 


I'll give it one more go... 


Update 21/10/19

Posted a question on the play store and the developers replied and suggested making some changes to the phone setup and battery settings. 

Will have to try again at the next ride out.


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