not had another 9 second delay, but now consistently over 1 second to respond to clicks.
pinged the site
Pinging kitz.co.uk [185.24.98.37] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 185.24.98.37: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=53
Reply from 185.24.98.37: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=53
Reply from 185.24.98.37: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=53
Reply from 185.24.98.37: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=53
Ping statistics for 185.24.98.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 36ms
pinged bbc to verify connection is ok.
Pinging bbc.co.uk [151.101.128.81] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=60
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 151.101.128.81: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
snapshot of mtr, it is very jittery
Packets Pings
Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. 216.53.155.90.in-addr.arpa 6.1% 33 7.8 7.4 7.1 7.8 0.2
2. e.aimless.tch.aa.net.uk 6.2% 33 7.9 7.8 7.5 8.6 0.3
3. xe-0-1-0-3-1.r04.londen05.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net 0.0% 33 8.6 8.5 8.0 9.0 0.2
4. ae-7.r20.londen12.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net 0.0% 33 8.5 9.8 8.1 16.8 2.0
5. ae-8.r02.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net 0.0% 33 8.4 8.6 8.2 9.3 0.3
6. ldn-b7-link.telia.net 31.2% 33 14.1 37.4 14.1 55.6 9.2
7. ldn-bb4-link.telia.net 0.0% 33 37.9 34.9 13.5 57.4 10.3
8. ldn-b2-link.telia.net 33.3% 33 36.6 37.6 21.1 77.0 12.2
9. ae3.cr-merak.lon5.bb.godaddy.com 0.0% 33 26.2 38.5 17.1 58.0 10.9
10. ae1.sr-thor.slo1.dcnet-emea.godaddy.com 0.0% 33 22.0 40.2 14.3 63.8 10.9
11. 185.24.99.65 3.0% 33 28.4 55.5 28.4 118.2 15.8
12. kitz.servers.eqx.misp.co.uk 0.0% 32 43.4 38.8 19.1 54.4 10.1
As others have said I am grateful for the resource, it is slower but still online.