(Modem utterly f*cked)
So I am here to check my mails.
Yes, outside. It’s pouring with rain, freezing cold and the computer is at shoulder height. Sheltered from the worst of the wet by a strategically placed Leilandii.
Thanks very much indeed, free wifi provider at the end of the road, whoever you are.
frizzyLogic 
what a wonderful picture, though! the whole thing is in its way a perfect entry.
Modem functional again, just, but clearly shuffling off its mortal coil. I fear a replacement will have to be found. The weather is too inclement to spend much time standing at the wall at the end of the road. I did, however, consider muffling myself up in many layers and parking next to it in the van. That way I would remain (relatively, given the numerous leaks) dry.