diff --git a/handbook/computing/gpxupload.html b/handbook/computing/gpxupload.html
index daa04601d..172740d5c 100644
--- a/handbook/computing/gpxupload.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/gpxupload.html
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ Congratulations. You now have your track recorded using GPS as a GPX file.
 
 
 <h2 id="uploadgpx">Upload instructions</h2>
+
+<font color=red>
+<h3>ALL THIS IS NOT WORKING</h3>
+<p>We have moved the server to new hardware in a new location, and everything that used the former "cavey:beery" password
+for file transfer is now not working. We have to use public/private keys instead on this new server (which is free
+by the way, so why we are using it).
+<p>The only good method for the next few days is to email things to a nerd: Wookey or myself or whoever..
+<p>
+<p>Watch this space for updates.. Philip 18/6/2019
+</font>
+
 <h3>Simple upload instructions</h3>
 
 <ol>
diff --git a/handbook/computing/uploading.html b/handbook/computing/uploading.html
index 4a11d4b64..a1b244498 100644
--- a/handbook/computing/uploading.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/uploading.html
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ href="http://expo.survex.com/photos/">http://expo.survex.com/photos/</a><br />
 which is the end result. But all you have to do is to upload the photos to the right place. 
 A hidden script does the hard work to make it all look nice.
 
+<font color=red>
+<h3>ALL THIS IS NOT WORKING</h3>
+<p>We have moved the server to new hardware in a new location, and everything that used the former "cavey:beery" password
+for file transfer is now not working. We have to use public/private keys instead on this new server (which is free
+by the way, so why we are using it).
+<p>The only good method for the next few days is to email things to a nerd: Wookey or myself or whoever..
+<p>
+<p>Watch this space for updates.. Philip 18/6/2019
+</font>
+
 <p>If you are really lazy (or really a beginner) you can use the initial simple method (using /uploads/ )
 for the photos  you have taken of cave entrances for cave survey and prospecting purposes. But please
 rename the filenames of the photos intelligently, e.g. "big-hole-near-path-to-fgh.jpg", or