I'll have to be quick today. I'm out of the metropolis down in deepest greenest Kent. However I do have a valuable gift for you to download with my compliments, but first indulge me a moment...
This year we thought it was a good idea to decamp to a rented farmhouse on the south coast to see if we could get used to country living after 15 years in London. I have to say it is absolutely idyllic and very different to our city centre home.
Instead of seeing posters for missing cats or people on lampposts, they actually have signs for stolen cows!
And the only gunshots we hear are those of the farmer shooting rabbits rather than gang members taking out rivals...
At the bottom of our garden we overlook a sheep farm and every morning can watch our very own live version of 'One Man and His Dog' including those esoteric whistles from the old farmer leaning on his crook.
And don't even get me started on the wildlife . . . rabbits, ducks, moor hens, dragonflies, frogs, toads, lizardy type creatures, and lots of sheep...
I've had to slow the pace down a bit - when I went into the local town, I found that I was walking with my usual Oxford Street speed and frightening the locals. Perhaps that was also something to do with my continued copious intake of caffeine. Thankfully, my Starbucks addiction is well served by a Café Nero, where I now sit composing this email to you.
Thanks to the complete incompetence of BT, I have been unable to get Internet access at the farmhouse (Virgin have thankfully saved us and will have me set up next week). Well, that's what they promised at least!
Now you've heard a lot from me over the past few weeks talking about the temporary closedown of The Ultimate FX Predictor. Well, to repay you your patience I've got something that I hope will inspire you with new ideas that could make you money.
Now, if you are a paid subscriber to What Really Makes Money (or any of our other newsletters) you will already have a hard copy of The Fast Cash Compendium. This collects together the best articles from the last 6 months. However, I always like to show non-subscribers what thy might be missing, so you can download it with my compliments by going to the following link:
And before I go - battery life on my laptop is almost flat lining - I want to let everyone who applied for The Big Prize (personal Internet marketing mentoring from Jon Street, Charlie Wright and I) that we have whittled down the 300+ applications down to a short shortlist. Look out for the announcement next week . . .