The forecast suggests today will be very similar to yesterday, but with a few added sunny spells. Midday, 1pm and 3pm are now shown as featuring sunny spells in the latest revision. Also, most of the afternoon is now shown to reach 9° C. Tomorrow morning is shown as starting at a chilly 5° C, but it might reach 8° C by mid afternoon. Like today, it should stay dry, but apart from a couple of sunny spells it will be a bright grey.

   Yesterday morning started off sort of quiet and lazy. Apart from having a shower I had little need to do anything else in preparation to an afternoon's beer tasting session with Jodie. Of course I could have done stuff like hoover the dining room, although in an ideal world it would be a job better done today - after Jodie had dropped crisps on the carpet, and not before ! It was a slightly bland day, but my day, night, and this morning is described in my full archived page for today.

  The stand out thing about today's forecast is that it will be a constant 7° C the whole day. Under those grey skies it is going to feel very wintry. In the latest revision the mist shown for 8am above has been moved to 9am to give 2 consecutive hours of mist. Apart from still being very grey, because sunrise is still 15 minutes away, the air seems very clear. I have doubts about that mist forming. Tomorrow could be 2° C warmer with the temperature reaching 9° C for a few hours, but the morning will be dark grey. The afternoon may only be light grey. Looking further ahead, Sunday looks "interesting". In the unlikely event the forecast so many days in advance has any credibility, it will be just 4° C during a rainy morning. A drop of even a degree could bring sleety snow !

   My day was busier than expected yesterday. I made slow progress in the morning, but eventually washed a small bath towel, and a couple of face flannels that had gone stinky. What I didn't do was to have a shower. There just didn't seem to be time for that. With a damp flannel and a spray of deodorant, I would probably have not been offensive if Jodie had come over in the afternoon as was expecting. There are more pictures of Brian Bath's birthday party gig, plus a more complete description of my day, night, and this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  The sun is certainly out now, but maybe it won't last a longer...or will it ? I can see a lot of blue sky, and not many clouds as I type this (but Sod's law has demanded that a cloud pass in front of the sun as I write this !). The latest revision to the forecast has removed the sunny spells from 11am, and also removed the light rain at 5pm. Unfortunately it has reduced the time it will be 11° C, the maximum temperature today, from three hours down to two hours. Tomorrow can easily be described as grey, and it will also be rather chilly. The highest temperature according to the Met Office will be 9° C, or just 8° C if you follow the more pessimistic BBC forecast.

   Yesterday was a very special day - one that demanded a full shave, shampoo and shower ! It was also a day that came close to being a disaster. Every time I laid on my bed to read and relax I would fall asleep. I almost missed two important things. The first was a brief shopping trip to Tesco to buy a birthday card. Of course I bought other stuff too, but not all that much of it. What came later is described in detail, with pictures and a video (if you can play it), along with stuff about my night, and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning it is soaking wet outside, but the rain seems to have stopped for now, but the latest revision to the forecast has it starting again at 11am. It could then continue through to 4pm, but for that whole time it is only shown as being a 50% chance of rain. So some of that time maybe dry. There is also a 50% chance of rain at 7pm.  The afternoon should start at 13° C, and it may only fall to 11° C after sunset. Tomorrow could feature a scattering of sunny spells, but at just 10° C it will be a very cool day.

   The great highlight of yesterday was a shopping trip to Aldi. Other than that I don't really have much to show for yesterday. I think the problem was the cold and greyness in the afternoon did nothing to inspire me. I don't think I mentioned it yesterday morning, but In was contemplating a quick flick around with a damp flannel before going to Aldi, but I had a full shower. The rest of my day, night, and this morning, is described in my full archive page for today.

  Things have changed a bit in the latest revision to the forecast, or changed a lot compared to yesterday's very gloomy prediction for today. The latest revision has extended the sunny spells to last from 10am to 1pm, although it looks like once the sun is a bit higher in the sky the sunny spells, or even full sunshine could happen very soon. The rain, originally said to start at 6pm in the early forecast, is now due to start as early as 4pm. The afternoon temperature remains at the originally predicted 12° C. Tomorrow could also see 12° C. The chances are the forecast for tomorrow could change beyond recognition tomorrow, but at the moment the prediction is for rain from 10am until the end of the day (and beyond).

   I am racking my brain trying to think of another example of what I am sure has been happening a lot recently, but I cannot think of anything, although I am sure that the day turning out completely different to expected has happened a lot this year. Yesterday morning's trigger point was a message from Angela - a good message ! You can read all about it, and the consequences of it in my complete archived page for today. It also includes my dreams last night, and what has already happened this morning.

  The very latest revision to the forecast has not changed the prediction of a day of full sunshine - for the now limited hours of daylight ! For all that the afternoon temperature will only rise to 12° C, one degree less than yesterday. There will be clear skies for a lot of tonight, but surprisingly the temperature may only drop to 8° C tonight. It will be that tomorrow at sunrise - except the sun won't rise. The forecast predicts an all grey day, with a chance of rain at 6pm. The temperature should still rise to 12° C.

   I have to confess I had a very lazy morning yesterday. Apart from having a quick shower, I couldn't raise the enthusiasm to do any more. In fact I couldn't even think of something I could do, but still wouldn't have ! Things started to speed up in the afternoon. I had to do a few preparations for a visit from Michael, and also Jodie, who had decided she had a few hours to kill before going to a gig. She decided to waste an hour or two here with a couple of cans of beer. The full description of my day, night, and this morning, continues in my complete archived page for today.

  I think the forecast for 8° C is very optimistic. The reality is closer to 6° C, but the forecast sunshine, that does seem to be happening, should warm things up a bit. By 1pm we can expect 13° C, but also the start of a rainy afternoon with the rain extending to at least 7pm. Of course I should have checked the latest revision. That shows only a couple of sunny spells at 9 and 11am followed by several hours of dullness before the rain now starts at 3pm. Such a big change strongly suggests that today's weather forecast is not worth the paper it's printed on, and we can expect something completely different. Maybe the BBC forecast will be closer to reality - after refreshing the page it starts at 9am. 9am, and 9am only features sunny spells. Just light rain starts at 2pm, and continues until 7pm. They agree that the afternoon should see 13° C. Both forecasters show tomorrow as being sunny, although the BBC says mostly sunny spells, and the Met Office offer full on sunshine. Both agree on 11° C.

   Yesterday didn't turn out as expected, and in some ways it may have turned out better than expected. I had started writing so late yesterday morning, and maybe I was writing slower than usual (but still making just as many, if not more spelling errors) because I ended up with not a great deal of time to get myself washed and dressed to go out into the glorious sunshine. My day, night, and this morning's consequences of last night's delicious dinner, are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  It may be 9° C now, but sometime in the very early hours, perhaps 1am, I saw an average of 4° C on my outdoor thermometers. If the latest revision to the forecast turns out to be correct we should be coming towards the end of a very wet start to the day.  The sun may not appear until midday, but from then on until sunset, we can expect/hope for full, non stop sunshine. It might even raise the temperature up to 11° C. Tomorrow may start with sunny spells, but they might finish after midday. The next weather event will then be two hours later when rain will start to fall until a few hours after sunset. With luck the temperature may briefly peak at 13° C,

  I suppose it is typical for life, maybe just my life, that yesterday was generally good, but ended with what, in certain circumstances, could be called a disaster. Although maybe not a big disaster, and in the grand scheme of things may not really have been a disaster. If it was a disaster it was a pleasant one. You can read about that, and the rest of my day, night, and the start of this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  The coldest part of today was probably around 1am when my thermometers said it was just 5° C, but it warmed up a tiny bit after that, and, errrrr, seems to have dropped again to about 5.5° C. The BBC weather forecast page say the current temperature feels like 2° C ! At the moment it looks like the sun could burst through once it rises a bit more. There seems to be a lot of gaps in the cloud towards the east. The latest revision to the forecast shows sunny spells for 11am, 2pm, and 3pm. The temperature may briefly peak at 10° C today, and it should be a dry day. Tonight should not be as cold as last night because of thick clouds that will bring some heavy rain in the morning, but from midday there could be sunny spells until sunset, and those sunny spells may push the temperature up to 11° C for a short while.

  Yesterday was the day to further recover from whatever ailed me on Sunday. Sleeping well after leaving the heater on all night helped a lot, and yesterday morning I didn't feel too bad. In fact while sitting at my PC with the heater on I didn't really have anything to complain about. Going down to the cold kitchen revived a few aches and pains, but only until I warmed up again. I did have some fairly strong aches and pains for a while later on. The reason for that, and a description of the rest of my day (not written quite in chronological order), plus how I slept, and how I seem to feel this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning it seems very cold, but not cold enough for a frost. It was 5° C at 7am, and it will only be a couple of degrees higher in the early afternoon. Just 9° C is expected. The only good news about today's weather is the latest revision showing it won't start to rain until 11am. There will then be 4 hours of heavy rain followed by one of light rain. It will end up clear tonight, and that could give another chance of frost this morning, but apparently it won't go below 5° C. It is going to be a dull, but dry, even colder day with only 8° C expected in the afternoon.

  It had it's rewards, but yesterday was a dreadful day on account of me feeling so ill. There were times when I wondered if another heart attack was brewing, but an aching chest was just one of very many places to ache. Probably many of my joints ached, but oddly I had no upper or lower back pain. Keeping warm, and several large vodka and Cokes in the late afternoon helped to loosen some stiff joints. The rest of my is illustrated with quite a few pictures, and comments, along with how I slept, and thoughts this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  The forecast for today has already changed a fair bit. Once the morning rain has finished we might have to wait until 11am before we see the sun, but it should still continue until 2pm. The last hour may be a full hour of non stop sunshine. Of course these things could change a lot more in the next revisions. Once again it will be a cold day with the temperature now shown as being no more than 10° C (not the 11° C shown in the early version).  Apart from the morning rain, it should be a dry day. Tomorrow is currently looking very grim. There will be no sign of the sun, and it may rain from 10am to 4pm. The temperature may briefly hit 9° C after from a 5° C start, but most of the day will be just 7 or 8° C.

  Yesterday was a good day, but it had it's consequences. After a shave and shower, followed by things like camera preparation I set out to get the 12:20pm train from Catford station - except I had made a huge blunder ! The train was actually at 20 minutes to 1pm, but my brain seemed to get stuck on the idea of 20 minutes, and I thought it was 20 past, and not 20 to ! I had rather long wait for my train to arrive. Where I was going is revealed in my complete archived page for today. It includes some of the pictures I took, what a terrible night's sleep I had, and how I still feel really rough this morning.

  Today is going to feel rather cold with no supporting sunshine. It was close to 8° C at 7am, and the afternoon high may only be 10° C. In the latest revision to the forecast the single hour of sunny spells at 9am has been replaced by light cloud. It should be light cloud as I write this, but it looks really dull outside. The day is forecast to be dry, but I am not sure I trust those dark grey clouds midday and 5pm (as per the latest revision). Overall it looks to be a nasty day. Tomorrow may be no warmer, and it is likely to be a wet morning, and wet in the late afternoon. For a few hours between 10am and 1pm it may be sunny. I am predicting that the forecast for tomorrow, tomorrow morning, will be nothing like the current forecast for tomorrow !

  Yesterday was sort of entertaining in a twisted sort of way. I seemed to spend most of the day playing with the laptop that Alan, Jodie's boyfriend, gave me. I can quite see how he wanted to off load it's problems on someone else. I spent hour after hour on it, and by last night I thought I might have got it into a stable condition - I was wrong ! The difficulty is turning it on and off again, but otherwise it seems to work perfectly. My trials and tribulations are more fully described in my complete archive page for today. As usual it also includes some words about my night, and thoughts this morning.

  The forecast for today at 9pm last night showed far more sunshine than this morning's forecast. The screenshot above, taken at 7am has not really changed in the 9am revision. It is sunny as I type this, and sunny spells should continue unto midday, but after that it will be grey. Fortunately it should stay dry. The forecast at 9pm last night, which I will show further down the page, said the sunny spells should last until gone 3pm. It is possible that early forecast will turn out to match reality just like the forecast for yesterday made the previous night. It would seem the this morning's sunshine will push the temperature up to 12° C, but it may not take long to drop again to 11° C. Last night was a cold night, and maybe tonight will be even colder...Tomorrow morning is predicted to start at 7° C, and a whole day of grey sky may only see the temperature briefly touch 10° C with 9° C more representative of the day.

  Sometimes insanity seems the better path ! The reason for that idea will become clearer as I describe my day, yesterday. Once I had finished writing yesterday a lot of the morning had already passed. It must have been getting on for midday before I had a shower, and then, because it was quite a hot shower, I spent a lazy half hour cooling off before going to Tesco to get a bit of shopping. I have written a lot more about yesterday, last night (which was awful) and the start of this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  The forecast for today, as predicted yesterday afternoon, was for a day a lot like yesterday - sunny spells in the afternoon. That changed to rain all afternoon in last night's forecast. This morning they have settled on it being dry after this mornings rain, but it will be rather dull. Maybe there is still hope because the very latest revision does show midday as now featuring sunny spells. Maybe there will be more in reality (fingers crossed). Whatever happens it is going to be very cool at just 11° C.  Maybe tomorrow will feature a lot of sunny spells, but the temperature will remain at just 11° C as we head into full winter in maybe just a few weeks.

  I think I have to describe yesterday as a good day, although perhaps good until mid to late afternoon was good. I suppose sunset killed any remaining enjoyment of the day. It is hard to enjoy deep gloom, and a bit later, heavy rain ! The sun had started to appear before I finished writing yesterday, and that spurred me on a lot - not that I needed a lot of encouragement. My full writing for today, all 2037 words of it, can be read in my complete archived page for today. It includes a description of my day, night, and the start of this morning.

  Both the BBC and Met Office agree that this morning was wet and drizzly.  Their forecasts diverge after this morning, and it is the Met Office that gives the most optimistic forecast (as in the screenshot above). Late morning to mid afternoon should feature sunny spells...although having said that, the latest revisions to the forecasts show both forecasters agreeing that the afternoon is going to be dry, but dull. Both agree that from early evening it will resume raining again. The Met Office says the afternoon will be just 11° C, and the BBC reckon it might be 12° C. It is going to feel cold today, and it gets worse. The BBC forecast says tomorrow will feature drizzle, or light rain almost all day, and it will be just 10° C, and the Met Office says tomorrow will be mostly dry and 11° C.

  The big question is "what did I do yesterday ?", and I can't think of any positive answer beyond eating more than I probably intended to. Having said that, maybe it was actually less than that. My belief of too much is probably based on lunch which was essentially chips with Houmous - a word my spell checker says should be spelled probably the American way, but I now know better ! I present evidence of the correct spelling, along with a description of my day, night, and this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning started out dry, but when I opened the curtains just before 8am I saw the first light rain. It is still light enough to be almost invisible when looked at through the window, but it is still getting the road very wet. If the forecast holds it will soon turn to heavy rain, and that could last until midday. The latest revision to the forecast shows light rain for 1pm, and then from 2pm to 4pm there could be sunny spells or even full sunshine - just as the sun is setting. The light rain following sunset in the screenshot above is not shown on the latest revision. Today's temperature should rise from 11° C this morning to 14° C for a couple of hours in the mid afternoon. Tomorrow may only see a high of 12° C after a wet morning. The afternoon may see sunny spells, but rain is expected again later.

  I am doing my best to limit my electricity consumption this winter. It is because the price of all fuels is rising so high now. I am hoping to build up a bit of credit for when it gets so cold that I need to use the heater up high, and for most of the day. However, now and again, a little luxury is called for, and yesterday I turned the heater up full blast for half an hour, or maybe even nearly a full hour. To find out why, and read about my whole day, very bad night, and my thoughts this morning, read my complete archived page for today.

  The forecast for fog and mist was right this morning. It is not a thick fog - more a sort of thick mist as I write this. That is in accordance with the forecast, and now we wait to see if it thickens at 9am. The latest revision to the forecast says only 9am will see fog, and 10am now shows dark cloud. Mist for midday is still shown. It is going to be a very dull day, and the latest revision throws in some light rain for 6 and 7pm. Like yesterday, the maximum temperature is going to be 14° C. Tomorrow looks like it is going to be very wet, and even colder. Just 12° C is forecast.

  The most important job yesterday was to finish the laundry that had been soaking for nearly 24 hours ! It wasn't my intention to leave it soaking at all, but somehow I just never got around to finishing it on Saturday. Plunging my Marigolded hands into that freezing soapy water would not be pleasant, and so I wasted a lot of hot water to slightly warm it up before I went through the rest of the washing process until I could hang the 6 items up to dry. The story continues...and the rest of my day, night, and this morning is described in my complete archived page for today.

  The BBC forecast said mist, and the Met Office said fog, but all I saw was a sort of haze. I guess it was thin mist. The latest revision to the forecast now shows dark clouds until the sun breaks through sometime around midday. There will then possibly be a couple of hours of sunny spells, and then full sunshine until sunset. The latest revision offers 15° C in the afternoon. Before leaving today: The latest revision to the BBC forecast shows mist until 10am. That seems like it could easily be right. Tomorrow may, or may not start with a couple of hours of fog. That will be followed by a dull grey day, but the temperature may well be similar to today.

  I didn't feel particularly motivated yesterday. I almost went out for a bit of shopping, but found I didn't seem to have time for it - which is strange because I wasn't really doing anything. I did start some laundry yesterday. I got as far as leaving a couple of t-shirts, and some underwear soaking in detergent, and then never getting around to do the rest of the job ! My entire day, night, and the first few hours of this morning are described in my complete archived page for today.

  Like yesterday, the day is starting off rather grey, but if the weather forecast holds it should end up better than yesterday with full sunshine predicted. That should raise the temperature to 16° C. There has already been a revision to the weather forecast, and that has only brought the first sunny spells forward to 10am. Meanwhile, the BBC forecast says only sunny spells today, but insists they should be starting at 8am - there is still 45 minutes left of the hour, and the chance of the sun breaking though in that time seems to be close to zero, but fingers crossed for 10am. The BBC and Met Office agree that tomorrow will be sunny from soon after sunrise until sunset. The BBC says only sunny spells, but the Met Office says most hours will include full on sunshine. It should be between 15 and 17° C tomorrow.

  I think I would say that yesterday got off to a good start, and then all went wrong in the early evening. After having a morning shower I put some clothes in to soak in detergent, and would do the rinsing and fabric conditioner later. I allowed maybe half an hour to cool down after my shower before going out for shopping. I continue to describe yesterday, last night, and the start of this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  Like yesterday, the latest revision to the weather forecast has "stolen" all the sunshine. It is now shown as a predominantly grey day, but it should be dry, and the temperature should still be 15° C until mid afternoon when it will slowly sink towards 12° C. It would be nice if the BBC forecast turned out to be right. They still predict even more sunny spell through the entire afternoon with the temperature briefly peaking at 16° C. Considering that as I write this we are almost having a sunny period, which neither forecast admits to, today's weather could be another lucky dip sort of day. After a dull start, tomorrow could see sunshine or sunny periods from mid morning to sunset, and the temperature could reach 17° C.

  Yesterday was not a particularly productive day. In fact I think the only productive thing I did was to cook my dinner, and do a few items of washing up. Despite doing so little it was a day when I wasn't bored, and I think I can easily classify it as a good day. To find out why you'll need to read my complete archived page for today, and which also contains moans about a poor night, and an undecided morning.

  The BBC are currently a nice cheerful forecast with loads of sunny spells. The Met Office is far less cheery as the screenshot above shows. The copper coloured sunrise suggests this forecast is going to be a lot closer to reality. After updating both forecasts the BBC has changed every sunny spell to grey clouds. The Met Office is holding out for 11am, and only 11am to feature sunny spells. It also keeps the periods of grey clouds. I expect the time of them will shuffle around during the day. The afternoon temperature remains at 15° C (the BBC says 16° C). Tomorrow may see 16° C, and sunny spells through the afternoon.

  With all day sunny spells, it was difficult for yesterday to be a bad day, although it did have it's disappointments. One very small disappointment was not seeing Angela, but it was very small because I didn't really expect to see her - just a few high hopes that came to nothing. The full description of yesterday, plus some new phone camera test shots, plus how I slept, and my plans for today can be seen in my complete archived page for today.

  The rain shown for 8am, in the screenshot above, probably fell just before 8am, and as I write this there is bright sunshine. The latest revision to the forecast still shows 9am as being dull, but after that it still shows a mixture of sunshine or sunny spells/periods until sunset. Today's temperature should see a short peak of 14° C this afternoon, and that could feel nice in the sunshine if the wind is not too strong. The ends of the day will not be a lot cooler at 11° C. Tomorrow should see the temperature reaching 15° C for the whole afternoon, but there may only be sunny spells mid morning, and then late afternoon.

  I did contemplate the idea of some sort of walk yesterday, but maybe it was some sort of sixth sense that stopped me. After seeing several bouts of heavy rain, including one which was very heavy, and which started with little warning, I am rather glad I stayed in. It did make for what should have been a boring day, but somehow the day seemed to pass quite smoothly. The full story, with a couple of pictures, can be read in my complete archived page for today which includes last night and the start of this morning.

  I think I have found what that strange symbol is - the one showing a white cloud with a sun above it, and raindrop below. It doesn't seem to be raining at the moment, and nor is it sunny, but there is a blinding area of cloud where the sun is behind it. Over to the west I can see some blue patches among the clouds. It would seem that most of today will be bright, but also it is going to rain quite frequently throughout the day. Some of it could be heavy rain. The temperature will reach 15° C again, but it will only be a brief peak near midday. 14° C is going to be more representative of today. After some rain that should end around sunrise, tomorrow could be dry and sunny. Sadly the temperature is unlikely to go above 14° C.

  All the best bits of yesterday were in the morning. The afternoon, and evening were quite bland. After writing in the morning, I started the rest of my day with a shower, and washing my hair. I think I may not have washed at all on Sunday, and if I recall correctly I only had a flannel wash last Saturday. So a good shower, plus washing my hair with hot water felt rather good. It was only when doing some washing up on Monday that I turned up the gas on the water heater to go from what was feeling increasingly tepid to slightly hot. The story of yesterday, last night, and the start of this morning continues in my complete archived page for today.

  Today is one of those days where it seems the weather forecasters are throwing random symbols at the weather chart, and hoping some stick. In the space of an hour or two the forecast has changed a lot, but not for the better - same ingredients, different times ! Instead of the rain at the start of the chart above, it has been dry for the last hour or two, although when I say dry I mean not actually raining - there are still plenty of puddles to see. The best forecast for today would be something like: random rain at any time, some heavy, and some light, with the chance of a sunny spell sometime in the day. The temperature forecast for an afternoon high of 15° C is the only feature that may prove to be correct. Tomorrow may start with sunny spells, but most of the middle of the day will feature that peculiar symbol of a white cloud with nthe sun peeping over the top, and a drip of rain at the bottom. It officially translates to "light shower (day)". The thing I can never understand is the difference between that and a "light shower" an hour later, but still in the middle of the day, but "(day)" not shown by "light shower". Anyway, tomorrow could be 15° C like today.

  Yesterday was another day when I hardly did anything at all. This time I can't seem to think of a single physical thing I did that was productive unless I include a bit of washing up, but the washing up was essential because I needed some of the stuff that was in the sink. Other than that I read a lot, watched half a dozen episodes of Drop The Dead Donkey, and learned a bit more about my new phone. The other stuff I did, illustrated by a few pictures, during the day, during the night, and my thoughts this morning, can be seen in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning's forecast brings no joy. At first I thought it had started wrong, but when I looked out of the window again I could see that it was raining. Just to be awkward I think I would describe what is falling right now as very heavy drizzle. In other words fine raindrops, but so many that everything is immediately saturated. If there is anything good about it all it is that it was a mild night, and the current temperature is a tad over 14° C. If the forecast is right it will soon drop a degree, rise again, and then fall to 11° C at the end of the day. One weather curiosity is that the BBC forecast has a headline that says heavy rain, but each individual hour is shown as light rain. They don't even mention the thunderstorm that The Met Office predicts for 3pm (in the latest revision it has moved by an hour, and so may never happen). One other oddity is that 4pm is now shown as full sunshine ! Tomorrow may be a little bit warmer, and may only feature some passing showers, but probably no sunshine.

  I seemed to do very little yesterday, but it wasn't until late afternoon that I became bored. Before then time seemed to pass by quite quickly. For a while it was helped along by a shopping trip to Tesco. I suppose one other thing I did was some washing up, but with all that time on my hands I didn't even seem to find the enthusiasm for a nice warm shower. Prior to going to Tesco I did have a quick flannel wash of all the usual places. You can read about the rest of yesterday, and see the pictures, on my complete archived page for today, including last night and the start of this morning.

  This morning started very chilly, just 7° C on my thermometers, and there was a glorious, but doom laden red sunrise ! The latest revision to the forecast has brought forward the first rain to 9am. The worst of the rain may be over after midday, but there could still be passing showers popping up any time today. It is surprising that with no sunshine forecast at all today, the afternoon temperature could reach 13° C, but with no supporting sunshine that will feel cold. Tomorrow's forecast uses lots of that strange symbol of a white cloud with the sun behind it, and one or two drops of rain falling from it. It seems to suggest it will still be bright when pouring with rain, but I don't think that is ever the case. Anyway there could be a lot of it tomorrow, but it might actually be a couple of degrees warmer at 15° C.

  Yesterday was one of those odd days when it didn't seem I was particularly productive, but the hours seemed to slip past so easily and painlessly. The best thing about yesterday was that after priming my bedroom with some heat from my fan heater, I could turn that off until the evening to leave the sun to warm it up - and it warmed it up a lot ! The rest of yesterday, last night, and the start of this morning is described in my full archived page for today.

  The clear sky during the night meant that this morning the temperature was actually slightly less than the 7° C shown in the early version of the forecast above.The forecast has got off to a good start. It is sunny as I write this, but the sun only came out within a few minutes of 8am. The latest revision to the forecast spoils things in only a very minor way. It now shows 4pm as just sunny periods. I hope that subsequent forecast don't bring the change any earlier. It is going to be one of those funny days where 12° C could feel nice in the sunshine, but freezing in the shadows. Hopefully the sunshine will warm my front rooms up. Tomorrow we will probably return to cold and wet. The morning may feature light grey cloud, but at 11am it is currently shown as a dark shade of grey, and from midday there is a 50% chance of rain until the end of the day.

  Yesterday started awful, but ended up as being good. The morning was so dark and so wet that I just wanted to draw the curtains again, and try and ignore reality beyond the four walls of my bedroom. With no sun to warm the room up it felt so cold even with my thick trousers, and thick, sleeved top on. The cold was making me feel awful. Once upon a time it would be merely unpleasant, but these days it triggers all sorts of joint and chest pains. As I explain in my complete archived page for today, the chest pains are only old scars (from when my chest was opened for my heart bypass operation) being triggered by the cold.

  The latest revision to the forecast brings even less joy (which is none at all) than the earlier forecast shown above. The only positive thing is that as I type this there appears to be a lull in the rain that seems like it has been falling since 9 or 10pm last night. The thick cloud has kept the temperature up a bit, but starting at 11° C is far from warm, and sadly it seems the temperature won't change until 7pm when it will start to go down. The other change in the latest revision is that rain is now also forecast to fall at 1 and 2pm. The thick cloud above us may finally dissipate in the early hours of tomorrow morning. This will mean two things. By 6am the temperature may have dropped to just a chilly 8° C, and from 8am until sunset there could be bright sunshine. That should raise the temperature to 12° C - which may not feel too bad in the sunshine.

  Some of yesterday was quite good, but it ended bad. One of the good things was that I got myself ready to go out shopping earlier than expected. I was in Tesco by 11am buying mostly essentials, and one frivolous, and dangerous thing. More about that later. After getting back I had about 45 minutes to waste before the main mission of the day. I think it is all explained in my complete archived page for today that also includes some stuff about last night and this morning.

  Today may be a little brighter than shown in the early version of the forecast above. 8, 9, and 10am are now shown as full sunshine, and 2pm is now predicted to have sunny spells. I would not be surprised if later revisions improved on that. For all that it will be another cool feeling day. The afternoon high will be 15° C, but this morning was over estimated to be 10° C. All my thermometers agree it was between 7 and 8° C. Rain is still predicted to fall from 8pm tonight.  The first half of tomorrow is forecast to be very wet, but that will also be the warmest  part of the day if 12° C can be called warm. The afternoon may not be any higher than 11° C. Winter is coming !

  Just after I finished writing yesterday I received a text message bearing bad news. My "punishment" for not being enthusiastic about going to Angela's wedding next year is that she is going to stop seeing me on Wednesday lunchtimes. She actually said "she will be giving Wednesdays a break for some time". I guess that leaves room for a reconciliation in the future, but I can help think I'll just be flogging a dead horse if I don't give up on her, and let her live her life in the marital bliss she obviously hopes for. The rest of yesterday, last night, including an unpleasant dream, and my thoughts this morning, are described in my complete archived page for today.

  November seems to have started with a very autumnal vengeance ! The temperature now has been correctly forecast at 13° C, which is almost mild for early morning. It will rise to 15° C by midday, but after a couple of hours it will fall again, ending up at just 11° C late tonight. The temperature is not much to write home about, and it will be partly because off all the rain that is forecast. I strongly suspect that the forecast as shown above is only a guide to give a flavour to the wet weather, and that will fall at times of it's own choosing. All we can say now is that today is going to be very wet ! Tomorrow may have a bright start, a slightly dull afternoon, and then more rain in the evening. The maximum temperature is likely to be just 15° C again.

  Yesterday was not a great day. There was stuff I thought I might do, but somehow I never got around to it. It was partly because I got into a very lazy mood when I saw sunshine landing on my bed, and warming it up. I couldn't resist laying down on my bed and quietly reading. Of course the sunshine didn't last more than an hour or two into the afternoon. I did do other stuff, and my whole day, night, and the start of this morning are described in my full archived page for today.