The Anonymous Widower

I’ve Signed Up For A Heata

I’ve now got the new boiler, I said I was getting in I’m Getting A New Hydrogen-Ready Boiler.

But unfortunately, during the fitting, we found that my hot water system had a leak problem and the immersion heater wasn’t working.

So I decided to sign up for a heata, which I wrote about in British Gas Partners With heata On Trial To Reuse Waste Heat From Data Processing.

It was a painless process, but unfortunately, I can’t have one yet, as they told me this.

Thank you for registering interest in being part of the heata network, very much appreciated.

We’ll be in touch when there is an opportunity to be part of a pilot, eg testing our unvented heata unit, or to join the network as it expands.

The heata team.

That is very fair.

They didn’t request anything more than name, e-mail address, broadband speed and my hot water tank type.

They didn’t ask for full address, credit card or even, who was my energy supplier.

In the meantime, I can use the new boiler for hot water.

How Heata Works

This page on the heata web site, describes how the system works.

September 10, 2025 Posted by | Computing, Energy | , , | Leave a comment

Reform ‘Would Scrap’ High-Speed Northern Rail Line

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.

This is the sub-heading.

A Reform UK government would scrap plans to build the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) link, its deputy leader has said.

These two paragraphs add extra details.

In a report to the right-leaning Policy Exchange think tank, Richard Tice said companies considering bidding for contracts to build east-to-west high-speed rail links should “not bother”.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham rejected Tice’s comments and suggested Reform UK wanted a “second-class railway” for the north of England.

As I showed in I’ve Just Glimpsed The Future Of Train Travel Across The North Of England And I Like It, much of Northern Powerhouse Rail is complete or under construction to the East of Manchester and the only section of Northern Powerhouse Rail to be announced, designed and constructed is between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester via Manchester Airport. I discussed this section in Completing Northern Powerhouse Rail.

I also suspect that Reform UK, is the only party, that is against the building of Northern Powerhouse Rail.

Conclusion

How do you scrap a railway, that is half complete and only needs about twenty miles of new track for completion?

September 10, 2025 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , , , , | 5 Comments