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[ladymuck]

Morning all, local time 0913

The cloud is back. Overcast but currently dry. Light showers forecast all day. Currently 6 degrees with a high of 8 expected. Barometer at 1018 mBar.

We took advantage of yesterday's sunshine to take the ferry to Bainbridge Island for a mooch about. Timed the boat back to coincide with sunset, which was lovely.

Today is our last full day here so we'll be doing some gift shopping. Postcards were sent yesterday.

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from KFC

No more rain, as far as I'm aware.

One of the top floor flats in the block opposite has been dark for a couple of weeks. It was on the market recently, and the European flag that hung in the front bedroom window has gone, so I figured they'd moved out. But now it's lit up again, so maybe they'd just gone away? I don't think there's been enough time for the sale to have completed, but I may be wrong and it's new people in there

[NickFitz]

Today's viewing was lots of Monkey Life plus other wildlife, particularly lemurs and baboons

And this evening, I read some more of Lying for Money

Early night now ready for more ape-related content in the morning

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Blue sky out albeit with areas of cloud starting to encroach, and some evidence of overnight rain. The threatened cold spell seems to be kicking in as it's 6°C but won't get any higher than 8°. The barometers are down an irrelevant amount at 1003/1011mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Wanly sunny.

Blue sky in parts.

Chilly in here at 13.8 deg (now 14.2), 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto.

1015ish mBar, 29.972 in Hg, 761.3 Torr, 14.72 psi, (unchanged), 61% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 2nd of December 2019 there was more discussion of the CUK Cookbook, NF had been watching "The Wire", I was and had a funeral to attend later, hopefully without catching my death. I wonder now if it was some sort of bat related ness. . Probly not since I'm still above ground.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the wan sunshine. No parkrun this morning.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: that pub quiz thing on R4.

Freecell score: 86%, running average: 80%.

Book. Other book. Book. Skip a chapter. Book.

Tea: beans on toast etc.

Entertainment: book.

"Return to Iwo Jima", being an ancient US Marine as one of a party returning to Iwo on the anniversary of the battle. What a blood bath.

Alice Roberts & co investigating the death of Henry IV: spoiler: it wasn't leprosy.

Finished "Foundation & Empire" after finding my 2nd wind earlier.

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a Pukka steak slice

Many clouds out yet it's sunny, so I assume there aren't so many clouds in the other direction

[sadkingbilly]

afternoon all
less than 24hrs to wait now, and then (hopefully) i'll have vision restored to my right eye.
might be able to do 6x6 maps in less than 40 moves then!
wish me luck?

[NickFitz]

afternoon all
less than 24hrs to wait now, and then (hopefully) i'll have vision restored to my right eye.
might be able to do 6x6 maps in less than 40 moves then!
wish me luck?

Good luck!

[NickFitz]

The BBC's 1952 adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four starring Peter Cushing is on BBC4 tonight and iPlayer afterwards

[ladymuck]

Morning all, local time 1029

Cloudy but currently dry with a bit of sunshine. The rain is due to return off and on. Currently 10 degrees with a high of 11 expected. Barometer down to 1002 mBar.

We have mostly packed and secured a slightly late check out which gives us time to pop to a shop and buy some very good local gin we discovered yesterday. Then it'll be time for brunch and to kill a few hours before we head to the airport.

Yesterday we walked up to Capitol Hill and back, via a seafood restaurant where we had oysters. HWMBO also had a chowder and I had a moqueca. Gifts were purchased.

In the evening we were knackered so just went to a couple of local cocktail bars for drinks and nibbles.