I guess I will have to admit that I wasted the sunshine and 13° C yesterday. I couldn't raise the enthusiasm to go out, or to do all that much indoors. Maybe the reason for not doing much indoors in the afternoon was the result of going out for a bit of shopping around midday. I guess I had already decided I wouldn't go further than the shops before I went to the shop - the little supermarket on Catford Bridge.

  The sun was shining brightly as I walked to the shop, and because of what my thermometer said I only wore a light coat, and everything felt fine. I did my shopping, and while in the shop the weather changed completely. The temperature couldn't have dropped in such a short time, but the bright blue sky, and dazzling sunshine was replaced by a 100% cover of dirty grey sky. That made it feel cold and miserable. It may be that the wind had picked up, and it was that that made it feel quite chilly. It completely killed any desire to be outdoors for the rest of the day.

  I suppose the principle thing I wanted from the shop was more instant noodles. Most of them they sell are much nicer than (supposed) UK brands. It can also be quite exciting trying them out when you don't really know what flavour they are. Some have a white sticker on the back that translates the Polish or Rumanian (or other East European) information. That label uses tiny print, and it is not easy to read in the non too bright shop lighting. There was one packet where I couldn't even identify where it came from, but I did manage to work out it is a tomato flavour.

 For reasons I can't explain, I fancied getting some bread while I was in the shop. I ummed and ahhed as I gave all the options a good stare, and my gaze settled on some sliced Polish sourdough bread. It was made in the UK (I believe) and had a nutrition panel on it. It claims that a 100gm serving (a single slice ??) contains 0gm of sugar. That was encouraging, but there is the problem of the bodies enzymes converting the carbohydrates/starch to sugar during digestion. I had two sandwiches (4 slices) of that bread yesterday, and I think it left it's mark.

  Other stuff in my basket were a few "bean salad" pots. One of which was actually couscous rather than just beans. I also bought what seemed an expensive lump of Polish smoked bacon. On reflection maybe it wasn't that expensive because it will do at least 2 dinners.

  Coming back under that dark gloomy sky seemed to suck any enthusiasm out of me, and I ended up doing hardly anything useful for the rest of the day. I did go as far as to adjust the solar spotlights I mentioned yesterday, and I slightly altered the layout of the new bird feeder to stop the pigeons feeding from the small bird feeder. That still wasn't enough to stop the pigeons eating food from the small tray.
  The above picture was a screenshot from my CCTV camera take at just gone 8am this morning. I guess there is nothing to discourage the pigeon eating from the round tray of seed. Just after I took this screenshot the pigeon perched at the top flew down and got on the tray with the other pigeon. Of course a fight broke out, and the intruder was quickly seen off. I think I'll have to try and devise a "roof" over that tray of seed to keep off the pigeons (they still have seed on the bird table), but still let the robins, blue tits and sparrows have their share of the seeds.

  My original thought was that I would probably resume making my train photos spreadsheet catalogue yesterday, but although I spent a lot of the afternoon on my PC, catching up with technical news stories, and planning possible new walking routes on Open Street Map (http://www.openstreetmap.org/). Open Street Map, a free, community driven map, is often better than Google Maps because it tends to show footpaths more distinctly, and includes paths that Google simply ignores. I'm not sure how I managed to spend so much time on my PC, and so little time reading my book, laying on my bed.

  When dinner time came round I had an interesting experiment for dinner. It was roast sprouts and roast Polish smoked bacon (which I cut into cubes). That bacon went far further than expected, and there should be enough for one more similar dinner, and perhaps even a third depending on how greedy I feel. Apart from the saturated fats, and probably a lot of salt, it would have been almost healthy until I sprinkled dark soy sauce on it as it cooked. That would have added more salt, and possibly a fair bit of sugar. The sad thing was that it wasn't very nice. The bacon was well cooked (I think it s almost cooked in the smoking process), but the sprouts were still rather hard. Oddly enough, they made my wee smell horrible all evening, and into the night.

   It think it was while I was eating, but of not it was just after, but I found something good to watch on TV last night. It was a 1961 black and white film called "What A Carve Up" (not to be confused with the 2020 film of the same name - which is most probably crap). It was a "Carry On" film in all but name, although I suppose there was not a complete crossover of actors. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056285/ explains more. Wikipedia also gives a good write up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Carve_Up!_(film)
  I almost forgot to include this picture. It shows a dramatic looking sky shortly before sunset at 16:40pm. It is hardly noticeable, but the cloud almost in the middle of the picture has a slight hint of pink. There were more obvious patches of pink on the other side of the school, but that view wouldn't show the last of the brightness on the western horizon. Apart from that very bright area on the horizon, the dark clouds look exactly like those that accompanied me back after shopping in the little supermarket in the middle of the day.

  After the film finished I went to bed with my book, and read until about 9.30pm. It seemed to take ages to get to sleep, and even when I did get to sleep it didn't feel like it lasted long, although maybe that was an illusion. What I do know is that I ended up with that silly thing where I couldn't get comfortable under the duvet because it felt too hot, but until I turned the heater up, it was too cold not to use the duvet. Later on, after the heater had been on for a while, it was easy to get to sleep, although the dry air from a fan heater was making my throat dry and tickly leading to frequent sips of drink from the glass by my bed.

  This morning I was not surprised to see my blood glucose was back up to 8.5mmol/l. That is not far above my typical average, and is of no concern other than it spoiling my running average. That average is still a record low, and with tomorrow being the last day of the month I think the new record will still stand unless I manage to make many mistakes today. I have already had one cheese sandwich for my breakfast, and I think the bread was a contributary factor to the increase in my blood glucose. I must not have any more of it today. The soy sauce is also suspect, and I will avoid that today as well.

  I am not suffering from constipation like I was yesterday (although only until almost midday), and I guess that now only the cold is an excuse for not going for a walk in the sunshine. Once I have washed my hair, and had a shower, I will be considering it. It would probably be unforgivable to waste another bright sunny day even if it is only 6 or 7° C - although the last revision says it will still be just 4° C at midday !