THE news is rolling in from the fake frontline of Alberta, Canada where the ex is now in full war mode.

It’s not just the pretend enemy he’s fighting, the elements are giving them a run for their money on the Canadian prairies.

The latest postcard reads: “It was very windy the other day, and after a big, strong, gust of wind Daddy’s 14-man tent blew away. Luckily, no one was inside and I saved all my clothes. We are now all sleeping in a big building with lots of people in it - very stinky and snorey.”

But like consummate professionals, they are carrying on with the job they are there to do.

In the meantime, my main achievement of the day was that I cleaned out the hamster, which I loathe.

Hamsters are rubbish pets and I am tempted to feed it to the cat (I won’t).

I wish I had been more vigilant in my hamster research as I didn’t know they were nocturnal, and it runs around on its squeaky wheel throughout the night.

It drives me insane.

Aside from the hamster care, I have also been venturing further into Wiltshire Business networking.

‘Work where you live’ is my mantra and I am committed to working within Wiltshire.

There has been a severe lack of investment in the broadband infrastructure in Wiltshire and apparently businesses have been leaving and heading to counties with faster internet.

There is an ongoing £35.6m superfast broadband project between Wiltshire Council, South Gloucestershire Council and BT.

But it seems to be a long time coming my way.

My broadband connection is ridiculously slow and it is very frustrating.

It highlights just how much we rely on it these days.

Imagine if they switched off the internet.

“Noooooo!” a billion voices would cry.

The internet is my library, my bank, my shop, my business - it’s the portal to how I transact my entire life.

This weekend I was staying with my geekiest techno friends. I asked him who owned the internet.

He told me it was owned by the Americans. It was designed by US defence technology geeks to create a communication platform that could withstand a nuclear war.

Phew! That’s a relief. At least if we manage to survive a nuclear war we will still have Facebook.