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I am often awake and up having a cuppa early. For the past couple of weeks I have foind that I am unable to get onto Genes until after 8am. Has anyone else experienced this? I am trying to work out if it is my browser or if genes is doing maintenace over night or something, it is weird.

Have to say Ann, dont think I have ever been on genes pre 8am but they could be doing maintenance as less people using the site early on?

Florence in the hebrides

I am always an early riser, Ann. Never got used to lying in even though I have been retired for years.

I only look at our local obits over breakfast - too many I know now!

I shall take a look at Genes over breakfast tomorrow and let you know the outcome.

Thanks JL

I often have trouble getting on GR in the evenings from here ................ that's an 8 hour difference from the UK.

6 or 7 pm here would be 2 or 3 am in the UK .................... but I doubt you get up that early!! But it does seem to indicate that the problem is not early morning in the UK.

It does explain why I'm not often on GR!

It is odd Ann. I’ve not had any problems at all at any time of day. Usually early morning I’m on my iPad. I don’t know if it’s any different on the PC.

Morning Ann.

Just trying this out to see if I could post.

Hopefully it goes through. :-)

Edit. Yes it came up ok, and this is on a PC

No problem on my PC, using Microsoft Edge - not that I'm often using it so early.

No problem on my iPad @ 7.44.

No problem firmeon my iPad either 7.48

Thank you both for trying. 0630 I couldn't get on nor at 0715 but I have just got on now. It is very strange and I have had no trouble getting on Face book, google email and the D Mail on line paper. :-)

Another check-in from me.- successful this time.

Using laptop.

I did try to log in at 6.35 but got the dreaded Error message twice, so gave up.

Other sites were fine.

Gwyn, thank you, that is what I get in the early morning from about 0600 to 0730. on both Ipad and desk top. Yes I usually give up as well after a couple of tries.

If I’m up early tomorrow I’ll try getting in on my PC where we usually use Firefox as the browser.

thanks Vera. You will probably sleep in now!

No trouble at all getting in using the PC and Firefox Ann, so it doesn't seem to be the browser that's the problem.

Hi Vera thank you. 0715 I had four tries at getting on and still gor the error warning (I didn't try as early as usual as was up a bit later. However two minutes ago I got on at second try. so maybe it is just slower for some reason. It really has not been a problem more of a puzzle.

On here today before 8 am, AnninGlos.

I have a question - I have seen a robin hopping I to our back garden in the early mornings recently. I thought, as it was spring, they would have flown off to more northerly climes by now. Am I wrong?

I see robins all year round here JoyL. I don't think they leave. They will lose a bit of the bightness of their red breast so you might not notice them. They are still feeding young at this time I think too.

Yes, robins stay all year. A pair nested in my garden last year.