The latest revision to the forecast has made one big change to the earlier version shown in the screenshot above. The dark cloud for 11am has been replaced by sunny spells, and moved to 10am. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more changes, but this is all we have to go on for now. This afternoon should be sunny, and approaching warm at 17° C again. Tomorrow could be similar, but maybe a degree or two cooler.
 
  Apart from washing a hand towel, and some underwear, and having to dry it indoors, nothing much happened until just after midday. That is when I went out to do some trainspotting. As I mentioned yesterday I was hoping to photograph, and ride on on of Southeastern Trains "new" "City Beam" class 707 trains. The ones handed down from South West Trains because they didn't like/want them. I succeeded !
  I was crossing my fingers that a pattern would repeat. When walking through the park last Wednesday I had seen one of the class 707 trains heading for Catford Bridge, and a quick check on the National Rail app on my phone said it was going to stop there. Yesterday I was hoping that the 12:48 to Hayes (Kent) would be a "City Beam" train as well. It was, although it was nearly 8 minutes late.
  The class 707 train is based on the exact same chassis as the class 700 trains Thameslink have been running for the last 3 or 4 (or more years) - even down to the same passenger informations screen (and probably the same software running them). The one big difference is that the class 707 trains have no toilets, and a small difference is a slightly different seating layout.
  This is a view through the train. It is completely open from end to end of a 5 car unit (currently being run as 2 x 5 car units to give a 10 car train). The row of single seats, as seen in the picture, is to give extra space for wheelchair users, and is marked with an orange bar on the side of the carriage that has this feature.
  This is the other end of the train, and it has it's own numbers because the train is 5 + 5 cars to form a 10 car train (very generous in the extreme for the middle of the day, but great for rush hour travel). I had got on the train and travelled to Hayes, before walking to the front of the train so I could leap out when it got back to Catford Bridge, and get a snap of the front.
  While coming back from Hayes I noted another class 707 train approaching Hayes. Being a terminus it had nowhere to go except back through Catford Bridge. It was something like a half hour wait, during which I snapped a few other trains, before it arrived at Catford Bridge. I did manage to take a picture of the front, but it was still travelling too fast to stop the picture being really blurry. Although I only got photographic evidence of 3 class 707 train units, I can claim I have seen 4 of them now.

  I had only been out for two hours or so, but I was quite happy to get home again. The increasing amount of dark looking clouds was reason enough, although my walk home was in sunshine, and I was feeling very warm when I got indoors. I was also feeling strangely tired. I had a couple of bowls of instant noodles, and then selected and edited my photos. I was quite surprised to see it was just about 4pm by then.

  I lay on my bed, and started to read. I barely read more than 2 pages before I had a nice snooze. It did feel strange that I felt so tired considering how little I had done. I could understand it if I had been out walking for 2 hours, but while I was on my feet for much of the time, I was sitting down for the 20 minutes or so it takes between Catford Bridge and Hayes (and the same coming back to Catford Bridge again).

  By the time I woke up it was almost time to start thinking about dinner. As well as the noodles I had eaten for lunch, I had also eaten a fair bit of junk food, and I had got into a "who cares" sort of mood. In that mood I had grilled bacon and (alleged) no added sugar baked beans. I added a good splurge of Carolina Reaper, extra hot chilli sauce to the beans. They still didn't seem to be very hot, but they were jolly nice. The effect would happen later.

  It was possibly nearly 2 hours later, while watching TV that the chilli hit me. I burst into sweat, and it was like my face was on fire. In a curious way it wasn't unpleasant, but the timing was very awkward. I immediately turned the heating off to help me cool down. An hour later, and still feeling a bit sticky, I went to bed. I think I managed to fall into a light sleep, but I was feeling uncomfortable, and my legs felt far too hot under the duvet. By contrast my belly was feeling cold to the touch.

  The only solution was to turn the heater on again, and leave my legs uncovered, and try and cover some of my belly with the duvet. It seemed to take ages before things equalised, and I was possibly falling in and out of a light sleep until almost 3am. I slept better after that, but on the whole I think I got a very poor sleep. On the other hand, now I've been up for a while I don't seem to feel tired.

  I couldn't believe it when I checked my blood glucose this morning. I don't know whether it is some highly unlikely side effect of my Pfizer Covid booster shot, or what I have been eating recently (which should be the wrong things), but this morning my blood glucose was just 7.0mmol/l, and my running average for the month is now below the best for the year. At this rate I'll be eating chocolate - not that I am a great lover of chocolate, but a bit can be a treat.

  All my plans for today are in disarray. Yesterday I was notified that the "Beer Advent Calendar" I had ordered from The Bier Company had shipped, and that delivery was due today. It is being delivered by Yodel, and as yet I have no idea when it might arrive. Until I have some more definite information I dare not go out at lunchtime to hopefully meet Angela. Maybe I'll get an estimated time of delivery at the last minute, and it might be OK to go out. Later this afternoon Jodie is coming over for a quick drink because she is off to a gig this evening. It would be convenient if the beer arrived while she was here so I could tease her with it, and tell her it is too early to open it !