Is there anyone there?

[Snadger]

The forum has gone to rat ****.

Surely it would be courteous if Admin gave some feedback to let us know why it has become unusable? and what they are doing about it?

[SarrissUK]

Are they aware? It seems useable tonight to me *touch wood*

[MyWifesBrassicas]

I've been away for a little while and back on tonight. What on earth has happened? the usability of this site is now awful, the server is clearly not being maintained.
Has the decision been made to not maintain this site???

[muckdiva]

Absolutely awful at the moment - what’s going on? Maybe we should all ask on the mags Facebook page?

[self-contained]

The Listeners
BY WALTER DE LA MARE

‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grasses
Of the forest’s ferny floor:
And a bird flew up out of the turret,
Above the Traveller’s head:
And he smote upon the door again a second time;
‘Is there anybody there?’ he said.
But no one descended to the Traveller;
No head from the leaf-fringed sill
Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes,
Where he stood perplexed and still.
But only a host of phantom listeners
That dwelt in the lone house then
Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight
To that voice from the world of men:
Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair,
That goes down to the empty hall,
Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken
By the lonely Traveller’s call.
And he felt in his heart their strangeness,
Their stillness answering his cry,
While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf,
’Neath the starred and leafy sky;
For he suddenly smote on the door, even
Louder, and lifted his head:—
‘Tell them I came, and no one answered,
That I kept my word,’ he said.
Never the least stir made the listeners,
Though every word he spake
Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house
From the one man left awake:
Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup,
And the sound of iron on stone,
And how the silence surged softly backward,
When the plunging hoofs were gone.

[Greenleaves]

Are they aware? It seems useable tonight to me *touch wood*

Yes, burnie has been in contact, As mods we are as much in the dark as everyone else. Its 02.40 and it is still very slow, we can only hope it is sorted soon. I think the adds play a major part in its failiure, I had started going through the IP adresses of guests logged on and over 70% were search engines

[Madasafish]

It is fine Monday 6.30am

[Containergardener]

I'm here now. Site has been so slow i gave up waiting.

[muckdiva]

I wondered if they might have migrated the forum to a different platform with fewer resources or something?

[Mr Bones]

It's been extremely slow for weeks but is fine at the moment. Less traffic maybe?

[Snoop Puss]

I've had trouble these last few days, but it seems to be working normally again this morning. Phew, I was missing my chums!

[muckdiva]

I've had trouble these last few days, but it seems to be working normally again this morning. Phew, I was missing my chums!

Me too, the vine is such a nice place

[Madasafish]

And at Monday 9.45am, it is PAINFULLY slow.

[veggiechicken]

Soooooooooooooo slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Jay22]

Yes painfully slow here too! Don't have time to be hanging around like this even during lockdown!