Today will definitely see rain - I know this because it is raining now ! I think that today the forecast may be a lot more accurate than yesterday's forecast. Somehow the idea of heavy rain later on seems very likely. The latest revision to the forecast says that there will be several more hours at 5° C than shown in the early forecast screenshot above. Tomorrow may be a degree cooler, and probably fairly dry, but thick cloud is still predicted for the whole day.
 
  It was nice to relax yesterday after my long walk the day before. I probably didn't need to because I didn't feel too bad except for lack of sleep after a crap night. Based on the morning weather forecast, rather than the reality of the weather later, I had made up my mind that I wouldn't be going out. It turned out that I could have gone for a short walk, mostly in sunshine, and it probably wouldn't have felt too bad.

  I didn't seem to have much else to do, or it would be more true to say there was nothing I felt like doing, and so it could have been a boring day, but it wasn't. There were things I could do that would soak up some time, and they would be more satisfying than just reading and snoozing - although the latter did mop up several hours. There was one job I was intending to do in small increments, when I was in the right mood, that I ended up doing almost in it's entirety.

  It was ages ago that I started a spreadsheet to collect a record of all my walking. Before yesterday I had done a bit here, and a bit there, but the last time I worked on it was possibly last June. That meant I had a load of entries to make in it to bring it up to date. Not only bring it up to date, but to refine it in various ways. One such refinement was to generate a total for the year. I have only added that feature for last year, but I intend to clean up and add things like totals to previous years. Last year I walked 244 miles !
   This is a screenshot of part of the spreadsheet. It is supposed to show that most of my longest walks, and my most frequent walks were done in the hottest summer months. One refinement I will be doing is to highlight walks over 5 miles, possibly in yellow, and highlight walks over 6 miles in red (or green, or ????). In this excerpt there are only 4 walks longer than 6 miles, and so they are comparatively rare. That probably means my walk 2 days ago, which was almost 6 miles (really only 5.762 miles) was rather exceptional considering how little walking I have been doing since the weather turned, and all my joints are getting rusty.

  I'm sure there was something else of note that I did yesterday. It is on the tip of my tongue, but I can't seem to recall what it was. Maybe if I tick off some of the things I didn't do it will come to mind. I definitely didn't do any washing up (beyond a couple of glasses) yesterday. That really needs to be a project for today - I am running out of cutlery. I was going to try and be very careful with my sugar (and carbohydrate) intake, but that went out the window (probably) when I drank three bottles of beer in the afternoon.

  The beer is worth a comment. It was some of the last few bottles of my first online beer order made when it was obvious the pubs would never re-open, and I couldn't go into any shops because I didn't want to wear a mask. That first order was to the Westerham Brewery. With hindsight it was a mistake. I think they were expensive, and it turned out I was not keen on their beer. Since the first time we had a session drinking their beer I have periodically checked it to see if I could form a different opinion about it.

  Yesterday I came to a final conclusion. It is a fine beer to drink, but you must not stop drinking it. The thing that makes it unpleasant is the very sour after taste. As you drink it, it sort of taste nice, but a few moments after the last mouthful you get this nasty after taste. I must admit this mainly concerns their "Viceroy IPA". I drunk two bottles of that. Now I think of it, I didn't seem to notice a bad after taste when I drank a bottle of their "Grasshopper" Kent Red ale, but the actual taste while drinking it was not all that nice.

  Apart from the effect of the beer on my sugar consumption, I did try and eat almost sensibly. My lunch was OK. It was no more than grilled skinless and boneless chicken thighs. I flavoured them with some pepper sauce and some pizza topping herbs and spices. My dinner was the same but with added Heinz Creationz "Italian inspired" mixed baked beans. I think they may have had some added sugar in their recipe.

  I felt tired last night, and turned the TV off after 2 of 3 episodes of "Allo Allo" had finished. I read for a short while, and then expected to fall asleep almost instantly. Actually it probably took 30 to 40 minutes before I fell asleep. Once again my sleep was a bit "lumpy". Initially I slept OK (once I got to sleep), but later in the night I seemed to wake up more than needed. It was soon after 5am when I woke up with the feeling of something like (but not) an ingrowing nasal hair. It was a very localised stinging sensation in my left nostril.

  Five hours later I am thinking I might have the common cold, but it is probably Covid-19. After all, every malady is Covid-19 now - even a broken leg !. It is also possible it is an allergic reaction to something like a fungal spore - possibly from the mud on my walking boots. It has been very variable so far. While walking in the fresh air (to Aldi) my nose seemed no worse, and possibly better than usual when walking in the cold air. From time to time I get a hint of a mildly sore throat, but it is so tenuous that it often goes away while trying to evaluate how bad it is. I have also developed a, so far, very intermittent, slightly wet cough. Funnily enough all these symptoms have got worse as I write about them !

  Going to Aldi felt fine as I walked there, but my legs, or mostly my right knee, complained a bit with the heavier load walking home again. I did need several things from there, but in one respect it was a bad idea to go today. This morning my blood glucose had come down a little bit to 8.7mmol/l. That is still too high though. I am wondering whether to blame yesterday's beer, or whether it is high because I am fighting an infection. It could be the latter, but as yet I have had no high temperature - even by my own standards, let alone anywhere near official fever temperature. As I write this my temperature is 36.3° C, and looking back I see that is a very typical figure for me at this time of day.
  My blood glucose has got off to a bad start this morning !  I have to admit I was suckered in by the "I'm New !", but also by plain curiosity, and the fact that they did look tasty - and they were. I would not like to make a habit of eating these, but they were really good as a novelty breakfast ! I will add that they are smaller than they look !

  Today I am.....Errm, I guess I am resting again today. The weather looks foul, and I have no desire to go out again. I will do the washing up today, but that is about all I will do as part of a maser plan. I may well spend between 10 minutes and 3 hours, depending on how I feel, on more work on my spreadsheet of walks over the years. Other than that, reading and snoozing don't sound too bad to me.