The latest revision to the forecast is not too different to the very early version in the screenshot above. By my reckoning it was colder than 2° C this morning. My thermometer was saying just 1.2° C at about 9am. It was fairly sunny earlier, but now it is looking too cloudy for any significant sunny spells, and I am wondering if, as per the latest revision to the forecast, 2 and 3pm will feature full non stop sunshine. The day started off very cold, and it will end very cold, the middle will also be very cold, but not quite as cold as the ends of the day. By 2pm it may peak at a whole 5° C. Tomorrow could start at 3° C, but end at 10° C thanks to some strong winds blowing in from somewhere a bit warmer. That warmer air will be humid too, and so tomorrow could be mostly overcast, and when it is not overcast it will just be bloody cloudy, although the current prediction gives no more than a 10% chance of rain.
 
   Yesterday morning was a very quiet morning. I hardly did anything until early afternoon when I prepared the dining room for another drinking session. It was to be quite a boozy session that featured beer ranging in strength from 6.6% to 12% ! The curious thing was that I didn't seem to feel that drunk at the end. That was probably because Jodie and I had half of each bottle, and so we drunk less than it looks.
   We actually left two bottles for another day, but we did drink the contents of two cans of srong beer than Jodie brought with her. I am surprised she brought extra because she knew there was already a fair selection here - which included 4 bottles of the Gordons Xmas beer (the bottle in the middle of the picture). The main reason we didn't drink more was time rather than anything else. The "bar" usually closes at 6pm because that is when I like to have dinner (although Jodie always manages to keep drinking until at least 6.30pm.

  At 5.30pm I took a short break from drinking to order an Indian takeaway - rather a big Indian takeaway ! It was my intention to order enough for dinner last night, dinner tonight, and probably dinner tomorrow night. The latter depends on how greedy I feel, but I probably ordered enough for snacks as well. I was lucky to fine an Indian restaurant that scored a full 5 on "scores on the door", and was offering a 30% discount on orders over £30. My order, after that 30% discount still came to £37 (if I recall correctly).

  I thought that what I had last night was rather delicious, and it went so well after the booze. After eating I watched one old episode of QI on Dave, and then I seemed to feel tired enough to go to bed fairly early. I was almost asleep before 9pm, and like the last few nights, I slept quite well, but I did get up early this morning. Maybe the early night, and getting up early was all part of a master plan. Well it was, sort of, but it was more a case of what I desired rather than what I thought I would get.

At 7am this morning, while it was just 1.5° C, and still dark, I set out for a walk in the park. A quiet Xmas morning seemed like the perfect time to walk through the park in the dark. It wasn't truly dark because the main path is lit by frequent lamp posts. The Vineries has no lighting, and neither has the little mud path alongside the river. I didn't go to either place, but I did walk through the field with no proper path, and also no lighting, but by then it was getting quite light to the east. That will be shown in another video I might show tomorrow. The video, to the right of the map, assuming your browser can play it, was an off the cuff piece direct to the camera in my phone. I should have done it in landscape mode so I could edit together with other video I shot, but it stands on it's own in portrait mode.

  As I mentioned in the video, I was wearing my thick orange winter coat. This year, only after losing a bit of weight, was the first time I have actually worn it since buying it 3 to 5 years ago. Maybe I have put on less weight than I thought I had since Autumn started, and winter quickly followed, because I found the coat to be quite comfortable, and I had it done up for the entire walk (although I did put the hood down when I started to feel really hot in it).

  I wasn't sure I would want to do just a basic 3 mile walk when I started out. I thought my right knee would get too stiff and sore in the cold, and that I would be slowly cooked inside that very warm coat. However, once I had walked 1.2 miles I began to feel like I could push myself further, and I ended up walking as far as Lower Sydenham station where, as the sign says, there would be no trains until the 27th of December.
  I was rather disappointed that I couldn't find a bus stop "Countdown" display saying there were no buses on Xmas day. This one, on Catford Bridge, was the only working display I saw on my whole walk, and I get the impression many bus stops have lost their displays. It make me wonder if the "Countdown" system has now been discontinued. It would be a shame if it was because it used to be quite useful in the days when I could use buses (because no masks needed).

  The final thing I did on my walk was to pop into the little supermarket on Catford Bridge to specifically buy some fruit, and then anything else that captured my fancy. If I had brought a strong bag, or preferably a rucksack, I might have bought some silly strength Polish beers. The worst thing I did buy was a large packet of tomato flavour crisps. That bag had untold calories in it, and probably loads of sugar, and I ate the whole bag for breakfast !

  Provided I eat nothing for the rest of the day, which obviously I will not be doing, I will have got away with it after that walk. At least my day started off with my blood glucose down to a very nice 7.2mmol/l. I have no idea how it could be that low after all that strong beer, and the Indian dinner, but the meter doesn't lie...or not that much.

  Some vague plans are coming together for the rest of today. Almost definite is that I shall soon have a short (or long) snooze. Then I have further video taken on my walk to edit together. After that I had a really crazy idea that I might go for another walk. If I do, and it is a big if, it will probably be a much shorter walk, hopefully in sunshine, and maybe as little as just Ladywell and back through Ladywell Fields.