Buster.....
....thanks for your responses chaps. I have found a lady who pops in to see him from time to time and she has volunteered to fetch him over to her place to use her PC. I will send her details of how to get to this thread.
Where? Within 5 miles of Heathfield-ish E Sussex. I don't have his address and obviously wouldn't pass it out without his permission.
He definitely doesn't have a computer and no it skills. But he still climbs ladders to the top of his apples trees and they are big. Nurse!!
I have another possible thread to follow to get to him. I shall pursue it later this PM.
I rather enjoy trying to knit people together at long range. When it does work it's quite satisfying.
The Ancient Mariner