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[NickFitz]

They deigned to give us some wildlife programming today, having apparently used up all their Christmas stuff too early

And later, I watched the final “making of” episode of Kingdom on iPlayer

Tonight’s reading has been Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade, about the loss of a container ship in the Caribbean in 2015: “Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro”

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

A happy Winter Solstice to all!

(It’s actually at 15:03 this afternoon.)

Grey day here, with a hint of mist. It’s 7°C again but no “feels like” is given, so it isn’t windy; the expected high is 9°. The barometers are nominally down but really much of a muchness at 997/1005mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Damp.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 13.5 deg, 12 in the kitchen, 10 in the leanto.

1002 mBar, 29.59 in Hg, 751.6 Torr, 14.53 psi, (up from 999 last night assuming I tapped it), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 7th of March 2020 Brillo, BR14, WTFH, NF, LM and I popped in. LM had a cold.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: my tinnitus.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom.

"A look at life": xmas item production lines.

Tea: beans on toast etc. Entertainment: that R4 joining things up thingie: camels, the Black Death, Berlin, The Loch Ness Monster.

"The halfway house (1944)" with Glynis Johns.

Sergeant Cork S2 E "The case of the hangman's noose".

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been the croissants I forgot were there at breakfast time, with strawberry jam

It looked like it was going to brighten up here an hour or so ago, but now it’s gone all gloomy and misty again

[ladymuck]

Evening all

It's been a dull day. Started out damp, got wetter. Currently 10 degrees ('feels like' 8) and that's the high for the day. Barometer down to 1005 mBar.

Sunrise 08:05; Sunset 15:54 GMT

Today's visit to Mum's was uneventful. We put the little Christmas tree up. I had a go at getting her to write some cards but that caused her a lot of stress about who to send a card to, what to write, how to find their address, etc. so that was swiftly scrapped.