The big question about today's weather is not "will it", "but when will it snow ?". Both forecasters I consult, The Met Office, and The BBC (Meteogroup), say it will snow. The BBC are quite enthusiastic about the idea it will be snowing heavily by 9am, and the Met Office are a bit more restrained as you can see in the screenshot above. They even downgrade some showers as just sleet instead of snow. There is one more forecast.....
  This was how the sky looked at 7.47am. The old weather saying "red sky in the morning, shepherds warning" seems to apply strongly here. It doesn't actually signify snow, but what we see here is the leading edge of the cloud that could bring rain, sleet, snow, or just dull overcast weather. One thing is for certain, if it should start to snow soon it will be falling on frosty ground, and none will be wasted by melting as soon as it hits the ground. With a maximum temperature currently predicted to be no more than 2° C today, any snow will be melting quite slowly. The latest revision to the forecast predicts heavy snow at 10am, light snowfall at 11am and midday, sleet at 1pm, and finally, light snow at 2pm. It is starting to look like an anti-climax. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be a completely sunny day, but the temperature will start below zero, and only climb to a maximum of 4° C.

  Not a lot happened yesterday. If I had known that it would be bright and sunny from late morning onwards, I might have got myself in the mood to go out, but the heavy morning cloud did the exact opposite. It made me think along the lines of "batten down the hatches, and weather the storm", or something like that. It meant there was not a lot to write about until it came to the evening, my sleep, and my thoughts this morning (very biassed towards snow) in my full archive page for today.

   My outside thermometer said 0.6° C, and that is as close as dammit to the 1° C shown on the latest revision to the forecast. The latest revision still shows sunny spells this morning, but at the moment the cloud seems too thick to let any sunshine through. Maybe the sun will break through a bit later. The other change in the latest revision is that 3pm is now shown as just light cloud, and 4pm is shown as sunny spells without any rain. The temperature remains the same at freezin' cold rising to bloody cold (4° C) for a few hours this afternoon. Tomorrow is interesting. It was shown as having a fair possibility of a brief fall of snow, but now there might be a bit of rain or sleet at midday, but the rest of the day is just shown as very dull and cloudy, and very cold again.

  There was one thing I did yesterday morning that really stressed me out. It was the mind-rape of trying to do anything online on a government web site. All I wanted to do was to get a pension forecast, and find out how to request my state pension when I reach the appropriate age in this coming June. The whole experience was mind bending, and I have tried to explain some of it in my full archive page for today. That also includes details of other stuff I did during the day, including another 3 and a bit mile walk (with a few pictures), how I managed to fast until late afternoon, what I eventually ate for dinner (not a lot), how I suffered from insomnia for over 2 hours in the middle of the night, and finally my thoughts and plans this morning.

   There has been no revision to the forecast since I took the screenshot above. Today is one of those odd days when the Met Office forecast (as above) broadly agrees with the BBC (Meteogroup) forecast. On that basis it seems fairly certain that today is going to feature a lot of sunshine. Unfortunately it is going to be cold sunshine, or at least that is how it will feel when outside. Behind glass it may well feel warm. Today has started off bright, and some of that brightness is the thick frost on the cars outside. My garden thermometer says it is currently only 1° C outside. As sunset nears it could be 7° C - which is still not exactly warm, but tomorrow may be even colder. It is also shown as being dull and grey. Sunday could be colder still, and while tomorrow may be dry, the BBC reckon sleet may fall on Sunday.

  I described my brief bit of activity yesterday morning, yesterday morning ! I showered, and then I went out to buy some food and drink. The drink included beer ! After that I didn't really do much until the afternoon. While generally relaxing I heard a thump from downstairs, and it was the final book I had ordered from Amazon landing on my door mat. I now have two more unread "Bill The Galactic Hero" books to read, plus about a quarter of the book I am currently reading. The rest of my day involved booze and eating, and maybe a bit more than that. I have described it all, along with my sleep, dreams, hangover, and plans and thoughts this morning in my full archive page for today.

   The latest revision to the forecast says it is cloudy right now, but the reality is that the sun is still shining as it has done since sunrise. It is true that the sky is no longer pure blue, but is laced with thin whispy clouds.At the moment they are thick enough to occasionally make the sun slightly hazy, but maybe they will thicken up enough to block the sun later. The latest revision to the forecast does admit that there should still be sunny spells from midday for an hour or two. The other feature that is not normally shown without clicking in "show more" is the wind speed. The wind seemed quite strong last night, and during the heavier rain it sounded like gravel being thrown at the window. The wind is still a bit gusty this morning, and it is the wind that has blown in the clearer skies, and lower temperatures. Today should see the temperature hit 8° C, but tomorrow is going to be a fair bit colder - and it may well be far sunnier !

  Yesterday was quite a dull day, but I have padded it out with all the pictures I had no room for yesterday.  Much of the day was spent on high alert waiting for an Amazon delivery. All those pictures, plus a description of the few things I did do yesterday, plus some notes on my sleep, and what I have already done this morning are all in my full archive page for today.

   It is not raining right now, and this is in accordance with the latest revision to the forecast, but seconds later it has started again. It is predicted to fall for the rest of today, and in the small hours of tomorrow. Sometimes it will be heavy, but mostly just light rain. This is certainly a very wet winter ! Most of today will see the temperature up to 10° C, but like yesterday, it seems it will be fairly windy today. It should be OK indoors, but that 10° C will probably feel rather cool outdoors. Tomorrow will probably see the temperature drop down to 5° C by daybreak. By then the rain should have stopped, and the afternoon could see the temperature rise to 8° C. There could also be sunny spells in the afternoon, although many times in the recent past this has changed to rain in the morning forecast.

  I had two very good reasons to go for a walk yesterday. The first was my high blood glucose level in the morning. Not eating until I got back from the walk was half the plan, although it did leave my stomach growling with hunger until I was distracted from it by the walk. The other thing was that the walk would help burn off some of the sugar. It was successful, but I am thinking it would have been even better if I hadn't eaten two sweet and juicy navel oranges last night. As usual I have included some pictures taken on my walk in the full archive page for today. Also as usual it includes some commentary on the rest of my day, my sleep, and how I feel this morning, and what I might do today.

   The early morning rain has finished now, and the day is actually cooling off a bit. Most of today will be almost warm. The BBC (Meteogroup) forecast is even more generous than the screenshot above. They reckon it could be 12° C for a few hours after midday. Unfortunately it looks like it will be a rather grey day, although the Met Office forecast now says there will just be light cloud between 1pm and 3pm. It is possible that between those hours the cloud could break up enough to let a few rays of sunshine through, but it could be equally possible it will rain then. The weather is very changeable recently. It seems it will definitely rain tonight, and that rain may continue, non stop through all of tomorrow, but at least at 10° C it would almost be warm rain (but in reality will probably feel icy cold).

  Yesterday was almost a busy day, or at least I managed to do some useful stuff. I also ate some very wrong stuff, but that was just one bit of bad news among some good news. It is all explained, or sort of explained, together with the usual stuff about sleep and dreams, and my plans this morning, in my full archive page for today.

   The BBC weather forecast came closer to getting the start of today right. They forecast sunny spells from day break until about now. There was at least one sunny spell, but mostly it was hints of the sun trying to peep through gaps in the clouds. One very curious thing is that both forecasts, BBC and The Met Office, assigned a high probability for rain at 8am. The Met Office said a 40% chance, and said it would rain. The BBC gave it a 55% chance, but said the main feature would be sunny spells. Everyone seems to agree that it will be cloudy soon, and that at around 5pm it will start to rain. That rain may well continue through until 7am tomorrow morning. Then there may be 4  or 5 hours without rain until the rain starts again. Today may finish at 8° C, but tomorrow may see the temperature rise to 11° C - that's mild enough for no coat and t-shirt (except when it is pissing down with rain).

   One of the first things I did yesterday was to log on to Amazon to arrange to return the two scam external hard drives. The process is quite simple. Other stuff included taking the drives, in a jiffy bag, with an Amazon pre-paid label on them, to the post box, and then buying some stuff from the mini supermarket on Catford bridge. All the details of this, plus the rest of the day, my sleep, and stuff I have done this morning, and might do later today, can be read in my full archive page for today.

   The latest revision to the forecast says we should be having sunny spells as I write this, and I can see a few cracks in the cloud where the sun could creep through if those cracks were in the right part of the sky. I guess that is enough to be optimistic that the forecast for the afternoon includes a few long periods of sunshine, and sunny spells for the rest of the time. It should stay dry today, but the temperature will only be 7° C again. Tomorrow could be another degree less cold, but it will come at the expense of it being cloudy during daylight hours (or overcast as it was once called by me, if no one else). After sunset the clouds will thicken, and the evening could see some heavy rain.

   Yesterday was another day when it didn't feel like I did much, but that is not entirely true. I did devote a fair time to playing with the the two scam external hard drives I had ordered from Amazon. There were a few other things I also did during the day. The story of my whole day, my dinner, my evening, my sleep, and my thoughts this morning, are all written in my full archive page for today.

   Since taking the screenshot above the forecast has been revised. The temperature prediction has been changed to about 1° warmed than the figures shown above. The amount of rain falling hasn't really changed, but the latest revision now shows just rain, and no sleet. I believe that outside London, snow is falling. At the moment it is most definitely wet, but the heavy rain is not as heavy as I thought it might be. The trouble is that I don't think the weather charts have icons for torrential rain, so anything above "light" is shown as "heavy". It is still shown as stopping after 1pm, and by that time the temperature will have risen to 6° C, and then 7° C by 4pm. After 1pm it should stay dry, but still cloudy. Tomorrow may see some sunny spells in the afternoon (although I take that with a pinch of salt), and once again it should reach 7° C.

   After my early morning walk I should have been able to relax yesterday, but I didn't. After choosing and editing the photos and video I took in the morning, I couldn't rest because I then had to write yesterday's blog/diary entry - and there was a lot of it to write. As I mentioned yesterday, I had another long and rambling call from my friend Lee that soaked up more of the morning. The details of what I finally did yesterday, following on from what I wrote yesterday morning, can be read in my full archive page for today. It includes my adventures with a pair of external hard drives, freshly delivered by Amazon,  that were not what they said they were, plus the usual stuff about eating, TV, sleeping, and my thoughts this morning.

   This morning it has been what I call overcast. At midday the forecast says it will be overcast, but I would call it overcast with grey cloud. After midday the clouds should start to break up, and the latest revision to the forecast says 2 and 3pm will feature sunny spells, and 4pm will feature full sunshine. After that the sun will set, and then it doesn't matter. I do find myself sceptical of this forecast. The last similar one turned out to be complete nonsense. The bit that is almost certainly right is the temperature. It could be 4° C this afternoon, but only 2° C this morning, and 3° C after sunset. Tomorrow there is a warning of snow, but only some very early morning sleet is actually shown on the chart. The morning is almost certain to be cold and very wet, but whether that means snow, or even sleet is something I think we will only find out tomorrow.

   There were only a few things that happened yesterday that are worth commentating on. In brief these were another Thursday beer drinking session, getting drunk enough to order a takeaway, and....and that is about it until bed time. Prior to the beer drinking session I did very little. I just read and snoozed. I suppose I can add that I put a few beers in the fridge to chill, and I cooked a few sausages for lunch. The idea being that the greasy (despite being grilled) sausages would line my stomach before drinking the beer. The full story of my day can be read in my full archive page for today. It also included details of my takeaway, how I was in very bad pain when I went to bed, and how that pain had disappeared in the morning. How I finally slept well enough to feel good enough for a pre-dawn walk this morning - with pictures !.

   The latest revision to the forecast says the last of the heavy rain will finish by 11am today, and from then until 8pm there may only be light rain. Interestingly enough, the temperature may be down to just 2° C by 8pm, and although the forecast doesn't mention it, it would seem to be cold enough for that last rain to fall as sleet or even snow. At the moment it is around 5° C, but the temperature is already slowly falling towards that low of 2° C. The temperature may stay at a stable 2° C until 8am tomorrow when it will drop to 1° C for a couple of hours. Tomorrow should be dry, and there could be sunny spells in the afternoon, but with a maximum temperature of just 4° C it is going to be a rather cold day.

   Yesterday started off rather boring, and I did little except quietly reading (and possibly having a short snooze).  I think it was gone midday when I made a point of doing something, and initially that was to have a well overdue shower. I allowed a bit of time to cool off after all that hot water before getting dressed to go out. I didn't intend to go far - just to the mini supermarket on Catford Bridge. According to the till receipt I paid for my shopping at 3.30pm. Until I checked the receipt just now, I don't think I realised it was that late. The rest of the story, including 2 short videos, and the usual stuff about eating, sleeping, dreaming, and plans for today, can be read in my full archive page for today.

   The forecast has been revised at least once since I took the screenshot above, The main change is that the rain, that started early in the morning will continue to fall, possibly non stop, until 6pm tomorrow. The earlier version of the forecast said 7pm ! Sometimes the rain will be heavy, and sometimes light, and just for 2pm today, it will only be drizzle. It was just 4° C this morning, but it will creep up to 8° C in the afternoon, and then the temperature may only dip to 7° C for an hour or two in the late evening before going back up to 8° C again. It will slowly start to fall again in the early hours of tomorrow morning until it is down to just 3° C as the last rain falls tomorrow evening. Needless to say, it is very unlikely there will be any clues that the sun is still alight in the next 48 hours, and maybe for days after that !

   As I mentioned yesterday morning, there was the potential to go out for a late afternoon walk yesterday, but as I also said, by the afternoon most of my enthusiasm has drained away (although my actual words were that I would either be too busy, or too relaxed). Even if I did have the enthusiasm I didn't have the sunshine. The forecast sunshine just turned out to be uninspiring bright hazy splodges between the thinner edges of some clouds. That didn't mean I did nothing. In a way I had a sort of productive day. You can read all about it in my full archive page for today. It also includes the usual stuff about eating, sleep, dreams, quite a lot about dream, and my thoughts and predictions this morning.

   There was a lot of rain during the night, and I am not sure if it is finished even now. I can't see any rain at the moment, but it is very wet outside. After a mild night it is still around 9° C, but from now on the temperature will slowly fall to a very chilly 3° C tonight - and maybe just 2° C by midnight. Much of today is going to be rather grey, and very uninspiring, but there could be some sunshine later in the afternoon. The latest revision to the forecast shows 4pm to sunny, rather than just sunny spells. At 7am tomorrow it is predicted it will start to rain when the temperature is only 2° C. That should be cold enough for snow, but the forecast just says rain. I can imagine that on high ground, such as Biggin Hill, it could well fall as snow. It will warm to around 8° C tomorrow, but the rain is predicted to continue through the whole day !

    The curious thing about yesterday was that walking back from Aldi, with my heavy shopping, was the last time my knee/leg/ankle/foot hurt. Just as it came on quickly for no apparent reason (beyond the weather being cold and damp), it seemed to just fade away during yesterday morning. Yesterday was another day when I didn't do much, but I did do a few things of varying significance. Read all about it (as they say) in my full archive page for today. It also includes the usual stuff about eating, drinking, sleeping, waking up, and what I have done since waking up.

   The latest revision to the forecast says there are sunny spells right now, but by 10am the weather will continue in a similar fashion to that shown in the screenshot above. Unless the sun comes out again before 10am, the truth will be that there were a few brief flashes of sunshine just before 9am. The sun was still so low in the sky that all I saw was a few house roofs lit up by sunshine. It was literally a few, maybe 3 terraced houses, that were lit up. The sun was coming through a tiny gap in the clouds ! From 7pm there is a high chance of rain, but before that it will probably be dry. The most notable thing is that the afternoon temperature could be 8° C. That is almost warm compared to the last few days. Tomorrow will start very wet, but by sunrise the rain should have stopped. By 2pm the clouds should have gone to reveal sunshine all afternoon. In the very early morning rain it could be 9° C, but only 6° C in the afternoon - which isn't that bad.

    I thought yesterday was going to be another day which would sound very boring because I couldn't claim to do anything dynamic at all. That was certainly how the morning went... The afternoon featured a few notable things. I have described my day, with a few pictures, plus the first few hours of the morning, also with a picture, in my full archive page for today.

   While there might have been some sunny spells later, it seems there will now be none ! The latest revision says dark grey clouds this morning, followed by light grey clouds for the rest of the day. It also says that the mist seen in the screenshot above will now only fall at 10am. Looking out the window I do see the first hints of a mist forming, but whether it actually does anything impressive is anyone's guess. The temperature dropped to minus 1° C during the night, but it is supposedly starting to warm now - where "warm" means a toe curling 4° C if we are very lucky. It seems that the mist, if it falls, is going to be the closest we get to rain today - which is a pity because it could fall as snow, and that would change the current grey misery to a far more agreeable view. Tomorrow may be an even more grey version of today. It will start very cold, but eventually warm up to 7 or even 8° C, and then, sometime soon after sunset it will probably rain.

    Until about 3pm my whole day, yesterday, revolved around waiting for my parcel from Amazon. I didn't make a note of the exact time it arrived, but if I had assumed that it would be a late delivery I would have missed it if I had gone for a walk in the afternoon sunshine. Luckily I stayed in. Aside from keeping an ear on the doorbell, yesterday was mostly like many recent days - I was quite busy doing nothing. You can read about my whole day, what was in my parcel, what I ate, how crap my evening was, and my thoughts this morning, in my full archive page for today.

   The idea that it may be sunny soon seems unlikely when I look at the sky. It seems to be uniformly grey at the moment, and even a super power laser would have trouble cutting through that cloud, but maybe it will blow away later to reveal the promised blue sky and sunshine. Whatever happens it is almost certain to be another very cold day with the temperature not expected to rise higher than 3° C.  I don't think the sky is quite the right colour for snow, but it is not far off it as I write this. I've just checked for a later revision to the forecast, and now it says the first sunny spells will occur at 10am, and full sunshine from 11am. Over on the other channel, the BBC forecast is totally convinced it will be a 100% grey day, and that it will only just about reach 3° C for a single, solitary hour - 3pm. For tomorrow they say another 100% grey day, but briefly warmer with 5° C at 3pm. The Met Office says the maximum tomorrow will be just 4° C, and they reckon there could be a few hours of sunny spells in the afternoon. I really must make so notes on the weather through today so I can take the piss out of this forecast with some evidence to back it up !

    Yesterday was another in a long series of days when I was too busy doing nothing to be bored....or something like that. It was sort of surprising just how quickly and smoothly yesterday passed when I hardly did anything all day. As usual, the day was not really as bleak as that, and I certainly seemed to find a lot to write about. Read it all, about my day, my dinner, my TV watching, my sleep, and what a great conundrum this morning is, in my full archive page for today.

   The forecast has been revised since I took the screenshot above. The latest revision has replaced a lot of grey clouds with white clouds. At the moment it is like a typical winters day when the sun can often be seen trying to burn a gap through thin streaky cloud - but never quite managing to do so. Some hours ago the temperature was showing as just below zero on my outside thermometer, but it has now risen to 1.7° C. I am wondering if a later revision to the forecast might show a higher maximum than 3° C today. Apart from it taking until, or just beyond midnight for the temperature to fall to 0° C, today's temperatures will be/feel very similar to yesterday, i.e. cold ! A lot of tomorrow morning will see the temperature down to 0° C, and once again the afternoon high will be around 3° C. This January is likely to be as much as 10° C colder than last January ! Like today, tomorrow should stay dry, but unlike today, tomorrow afternoon may feature sunny spells - possibly even a whole hour of solid sunshine !

    Yesterday was a good and a bad day. The bad was just two things. I still failed to do any of the housework I wanted to do. The other thing was having to stay alert when I could have been laying on my bed reading...and snoozing. I had to stay alert because I was waiting for a parcel delivery being delivered by Whistl. The good was mainly to do with a couple of hours of company, and beer. Read all about my full day, sleep, and this morning in my full archive page for today.

   Today may be the coldest day of the year so far, but with 358 more days to go until the year ends, another day could easily take the accolade as the coldest day.  My thermometer says it is only a bit above 0° C at the moment, but I guess the forecast 1° C is close enough. Maybe aided by the predicted sunny spells this afternoon, the temperature is predicted to rise to 3° C before dropping back down to 1° C, or lower. Curiously enough, the BBC (Meteogroup) forecast shows the maximum temperature as only 1° C from 11am to 4pm. Before and after that is shows 0° C ! The BBC doesn't predict any sunny spells at all today. It is feeling like once again I am on the border between 2 weather systems, and neither forecaster can predict where the dividing line is. There is also a difference of opinion about tomorrow. The Met Office says the afternoon will be 3° C, and there will be dark grey clouds all day with a 10% chance of rain, but there will be no rain. The BBC also says the afternoon will reach 3° C, and that the sky will be dark grey with clouds. There are a few hours before the afternoon when the temperature is predicted to be 2° C, and the chance of "precipitation" is 17%. That sound like there is chance of sleet or snow !

    Yesterday was another day when not a lot happened, but a few things did. Like yesterday, all that did happen, and can be described, both yesterday, through the night, and for the start of today, can be read in my full archive page for today.

 I don't think either forecaster has got the forecast right for today. Maybe the BBC was a bit closer to reality with their prediction of some light rain, as well as sunny spells this morning. The sun has recently gone in after a sunny spell lasting a full hour (or thereabouts). Both forecasters say there could be more sunny spells this afternoon, but at completely different times to each other. The one thing everyone agrees on is that it will probably be 5° C for several hours this afternoon, but it will get very cold tonight once the temperature starts to drop after sunset. Tomorrow will probably feature 100% light cloud cover for the while day, and be very cold. The high could be as little as 2° C, or as much as 3° C.

  Not a lot happened yesterday, but I still seem to have written half a page about it. All I have written about yesterday, and about the start of this morning, can be read in my full archive page for today.

  The BBC version of today's forecast said there would be sleet this morning. I think there was some very fine sleet falling earlier, and at the moment the road looks wet after some slightly heavier rain or sleet has fallen. The Met Office just says today will be a very grey, but dry day. Everyone agrees it is going to be a cold day. Both the BBC and Met Office say it will be no warmer than 4° C. They disagree about one fundamental thing. The Met Office now says it will be dry all day. The BBC says there will be light rain through the whole day. At the moment the BBC are winning ! Both forecasters say tomorrow may be a tiny bit less cold, 5° C appears in both forecasts. They also agree that after some very early morning rain it will be a dry day.

  Nearly all the symptoms of the common cold that I was suffering from yesterday morning seemed to fade away during the morning. I still felt a bit sort of tired, but it was probably cold a grey weather depression as much as anything else. The best I could do was to try and moderate my unusually large appetite, and try and keep to mostly stuff that is OK for me to eat. There is a full description of anything worth describing about my day, my night, and what I have already done this morning, all illustrated by some pictures, in my full archive page for today.

  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. I probably could have gone for a short walk because reality was nothing like as bad as the weather forecast predicted, but I stayed in, resting, eating, reading, and doing a few odd jobs. Read all about my day, evening, my sleep, my health this morning in my full archive page for today, but shield your face because I think I have caught the common cold !

  Today we are back in the twilight zone. The 30% chance of rain at 8am was 100% rain, and I think there were showers on and off through much of the small hours. The surprising thing is that at just 3° C it didn't rain. I can only conclude the temperature up near the clouds is higher than near the ground. Later today it may reach 5° C, but it won't be from sunshine ! The latest revision to the forecast says that there is only light cloud at the moment (you could have fooled me), and that it will stay light cloud until 2pm when it will turn to thick cloud, and soon after may start to rain again. The exact times for rain keep changing, but I think we can assume there will be showers at any time from the afternoon until midnight. Tomorrow may see a similar temperature spread, and will also feature showers at unpredictable times. The day after tomorrow may well follow the same template.
 
  The day before yesterday I felt terrible, but yesterday the promise of some sunshine perked me up. I can't say I felt that wonderful at first, at the end, or even in the middle, but I gritted my teeth, and went for a walk - a long walk. As usual I have illustrated this with a selection of pictures taken along the way, and with another of those amateur video that fortunately only lasts for 2 minutes and 20 seconds. All this, plus a description of the rest of my day, my terrible sleep, and how bad I am this morning, is all in my full archive page for today.

  The latest revision to the forecast still says there will be sunny spells from 1pm to 2pm (but not 3pm as in the earlier screenshot above).  It seems today will be warmer than yesterday. It is now expected to be 5° C between 2 and 3pm !  At the moment it looks like it has just been raining. The road outside looks very wet, and yet the chances of rain this morning were no more than 10%. Maybe the rest of today will not be quite as dull as yesterday, but it still does little to raise my enthusiasm. Tomorrow will see a similar temperature profile to today, but the cloud is going to be thicker. The sunny periods (if we get them today) will be lost behind thick dark clouds tomorrow. Most of the day is shown as having thick dark clouds. Most of the day will a 10% chance of rain again, but a few hours in the afternoon may see a 20% chance, but no rain is specifically shown for tomorrow.
 
  I felt ill for a lot of yesterday. That was of some concern considering the symptoms were " a bit 'flu like". I often felt cold, and various joints, including those of my ribs, seemed to be aching. Not badly aching, but enough to be annoying. I checked my temperature quite a few times during the day, and as usual it wasn't even high enough to be "normal", but was perfectly consistent at being normal for me. I am now very certain that the reason that I was feeling cold so often was that it was cold. The aching was just the result of being cold too. I describe all this, along with how I did a few things to sort of confirm the diagnosis as being a mix of depression and cold. As usual, I boringly describe my eating, comment on a fairly boring sleep. Finally I say what is good and what s bad about this morning in my full archive page for today.

  It has been grey all morning but apparently it is about to get even more grey very soon. The latest revision says there will be no rain today, but at 7pm, when rain was originally forecast, it is now predicted to be foggy with just mist at 8pm. From a freezing start, the temperature will very slowly rise to 4° C by the end of the day. Tomorrow may be completely dry, although with a 10% chance of rain at almost any time, but it will be a very grey day. The temperature will probably be the same profile as today.
 
  One of the things I forgot to mention yesterday concerned my latest repeat prescription. To my great surprise, despite only ordering it 30 hours beforehand, it was complete and ready to pick up late Wednesday afternoon. Yesterday had two main things of note - a Thursday afternoon boozing session, and the drunken food order I made after the boozing was finished. I describe these things, with a picture of the lovely 12% beer that was consumed during the boozing session, plus how my night's sleep was both good and bad, and why I have been very lazy this morning, plus the result the beer and food had on my poor blood glucose level, in my full archive page for today.