Update on The Cloud
Connected with Duncan via The Cloud support line. Turns out that the router here in the pub needed a reboot. Duncan called the pub lady who duly kicked/rebooted the router.
That allowed the rooter to connect to the authorisation system.
Alas my username has (temporarily) stopped working. That’s a secondary issue. Duncan gave me a temporary code to login.
Conveniently it’s still working so I can get my work done.
I reckon it would be good if The Cloud implemented a traffic light status system to let users such as me do a quick hotspot search and check that service is currently operational at the location where I’m about to go.