Free budget week gift for readers

We are just starting the process of changing computer systems at the Mail and I am one of the pioneers on the new system, presumably on the basis that if it can be broken I will manage it and if there is anything not working I will moan about it, so I do have my uses.

So far so good though and the new kit and software is a huge improvement on the old which will have big benefits for us, the people who work on the new system, and for people like you, who follow our humble efforts in print or online.

One thing I lost though, when my old machine went off to that mainframe in the sky, was my desktop wallpaper, a picture of a remarkably bold robin I took in the gardens of Lanhydrock, Cornwall, a couple of springs ago, so I have had to dig it out again.

So as it is budget week and the Government has once again managed to mug us all without even giving us the time of day, I am going to show an uncharacteristic burst of generosity and let anyone who wants it have a copy of my happy robin, for their own use of course, to use as wallpaper or whatever to cheer up their day. Give the picture a click to open it up.

All this altruism has left me feeling quite touched so I had better have a lie down until I regain my grumpiness.