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[NickFitz]

There was less wildlife stuff than usual on today, and it was all Attenborough again. But after that, there was a documentary about the Avro Lancaster which was good

Later, I read more about The Middle Kingdoms, where one Martin Luther has been stirring things up a bit

It’s still 24°C in here, so the full duvet clearly wasn’t a viable option; but outside is expected to fall to 12° overnight, and I’m not sure how much inside will cool down. I decided to risk going all the way down to the one-third duvet, skipping the two-third option. I suspect I might be considering the no-duvet option tomorrow night if it’s as hot as predicted

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

18.6 deg in here, 19 in the kitchen, 17 in the leanto, 15.4 in the saltinghouse.

1025 mBar, 30.27 in Hg, 768.8 Torr, 14.87 psi, (up from 1024 last night), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 28th of March 2020 eek, LM, NF, and vetran popped in, with NF doing the running death count, and vetran disappointing us by pointing out the Aldi vibration plate thing was online only, unlike the other essential from Lidl: the chainsaw. .

Must be getting better: I raised a bit of a sweat in bed last night, though waking every now & again to exercise the knee is getting a bit old to be honest, but at least I can go back to bed rather than spend half the night dozing in the living room armchair..

Washing frenzy in progress. Let's hope nothing tulips on the sheets this time.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the unbearable heat of the morning. Must be warm coz I raised a bit of a sweat.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: my tinnitus.

Counted 26 orchids in next door's lawn. The damn things are coming up like topsy.

Page of book. Page of other book.

Dozing whilst listening to Pulse DSOTM.

That requiring the attention of the iRon received it & all is now airing upstairs.

Tea: beans on toast with scrambled egg. Entertainment: R4 poetry crap. <click>

TPTV: The Directors: Fritz Lang.

Blaze: History's greatest mysteries: Havana syndrome.

TPTV: Sergeant Cork S4 E4: The case of the dutiful murderer. (1964). Peter Sallis & a number of other white actors playing gentlemen of Chinese extraction. The woman appears to have been of Chinese/Asian origin.

Blaze: Hazardous History with the Fonz: Very extreme mostly Septic sports. As tedious as might be expected: Septic Auto polo where people get killed, Septic Aviation golf where people get killed. Septic football where people get killed. Septic rounders where people get killed. Septic Rollerball where people get killed even deader. (I made that one up). Oh look: non stop cycling on what looks like a Rollerball track for 6 days whilst doped up to the eyeballs: people get killed. Olympic pigeon shooting. Septic goose pulling: ripping the head off a live goose that's hanging from a framework whilst riding a horse. Ice hockey. Car racing on Septic board tracks.

Blaze: Mediaeval Murder Mysteries: Christopher Marlowe.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny, wispy fluff. Currently 22 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 31 expected. Barometer up to 1031 mBar.

Sunrise 04:58; Sunset 20:59 BST

Yesterday we did go to big Tesco and bought all bottles of normal tonic that they had on the shelf, plus some other bits.

HWMBO's holiday laundry was done, dried on the airer in the garden, and put away.

Dinner was a light pasta dish with asparagus, peas and purple mange tout in a lemon and cream sauce.

Off to see Mum today and my brother has said he'll have a go at fitting the replacement wing mirror for me.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another sunny start, with just some high wispy strands. Some of these are contrails dispersing, while others seem to be natural in origin. It’s just hit 20° and is expected to top out at 27°, with the barometers heading up again at 1019/1027mB

Last night’s duvet choice seems to have been reasonable; I wondered if I might find even the one-third option to be too warm but ended up sleeping soundly, and it felt just about right when I awoke

[xoggoth]

Walk with not loony lady 3 this afternoon, I chose a nice dark woody area. Coffee and cake at nice cafe overlooking the local reservoir afterwards.

Erected some scaffolding with intention of sealing leak in conservatory roof this morning but on close inspection sealant ain't gonna do it, glass panel has dropped about a cm on one edge. Have to pay an expert, darn it.

[NickFitz]

Lunch was a roast beef bap (white), and tea has been sausage casserole with chips and peas

The air conditioner has been in action for most of the day and it’s doing a very good job of keeping the room down to a pleasant temperature

I’ve been doing more work on the new forum software, and it turned out a few things I thought I’d have to tweak in code are actually in there already, just needing various settings and bits of configuration to be set up the right way

[ladymuck]

Tedious drive down to Mum's but a much better flow on the way home. Mostly, I think, because we left a good hour or more earlier than I thought we would.

Met my brother's new beau, who is very lovely and my Mum seems very happy chatting to (and she is very patient about).