Hi,

Please excuse the impersonal message, but it appears desirable to pass this information to many people by individual emails.

On Saturday morning 3/1/25 at about 8:00am GMT my Tiscali email account was hacked/kidnapped, and without my knowledge the guilty party appears to have sent out a mail to a lot of people who have written to me over the past 30 years. The message suggested that I had lost my voice and needed help, and those who responded to it were asked to buy an Amazon voucher for John Lewis for a ‘friend’. This was all total fiction and simply a method of them collecting money.

Please do not buy any vouchers or spend money on my behalf, as it is all fiction.

Since then I have been able to erase the tap on my Tiscali email account and change the password, so the account should be back to normal, though it is not clear if the guilty party is still able to impersonate me and my mail.

I would suggest that in future you all use my gmail account with the address – slievemcg@gmail.com – which seems to be clear of such malpractice.

I am sorry if anyone has been inconvenienced by this but as you will understand it was quite outside my control, and could happen to anyone.

Despite all of this, may I wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year,

Slieve.

Anonymous wrote:

A Happy and Healthy New Year to one and all.

Please note that my email has been hacked and is now out of action. Please do not offer me support or financial help as I am not in any trouble. So far I have been unable to close down the scam messages.

Cheers, Slieve.

Are you able to change your password?

Had a fairly quiet one this time, and we stayed home for the new year. This year will definitely see me back on the water. Just waiting for that tin of paint to arrive. 

Here's hoping 2025 is a good one .

Just a quick note to wish all our members and friends who are celebrating holidays about now a Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2025.  It’s been my pleasure to work with the fine people on the Committee and Magazine Teams and to have the chance to have some interactions, small and large, with many of you this year.  You’re a very nice bunch, it should be said.  Please do keep commenting on the forums, emailing the committee, and keeping touch with each other in 2025.

Best

Kevin Cardiff (Chair)