Yesterday had less sunshine than forecast, but it was just about enough to be called a mostly sunny day. Like quite a few days recently, it did get a bit too cloudy to let any sunshine through in the early afternoon. It was a hot day with the temperature easily reaching 29° C. The BBC said it would only reach 28° C, but for mid afternoon they did say it would feel like 33° C !
       

  The latest revision shows the sunshine really sparse during the morning, and no sunshine from midday to 5pm. The BBC is far more generous with it's predictions of sunshine, but I fear it is far from accurate. They say there should be full sunshine now, and yet the cloud is thick enough for it to be slightly dull. Oh well, it is still looking like this evening will be nice and bright. It will be a lot cooler today, and only 23° C is expected, but that is still very comfortable. Tomorrow may be as cool as just 21° C, but paradoxically there could be more sunshine.

   Yesterday was another curious day. I felt both good and bad, and often at the same time !  One problem was that having gone out to the pub I was often reminded that even on a very hot day I could not walk far without suffering angina pains, and that depressed me.

  I was definitely looking forward to going out for a lunchtime drink yesterday. I had a good shave, but after only washing my haor the day before, I thought I could get away with not washing it again before having a shower. My shower was a bit more comfortable since turning the water temperature down the day before. Odd as it may seem, that allowed me to have tepid going on warm shower instead of a tepid going on cold shower ! It is probably a bit too complex to describe all the quirks of my water heater at this time.

  I dressed in shorts, a white t-shirt, and a pair of white trainers I had bought from Aldi ages ago. There was almost no signs of wear on those trainers, and I feared that maybe I had not worn them because they were very uncomfortable. I must admit they initially didn't seem comfortable, but I almost stopped noticing them before I had even left my house. I left in time for a slow walk to the station, but as usual I found I could not walk slowly.

  I arrived at the station feeling almost OK. I had arrived early enough to have an almost 5 minute wait before I walked over the footbridge to the other platform. I thought that 5 minute wait was plenty of time to allow myself to recover from the walk, but evidently it was not, although the fairly mild angina pain started only when I had walked over the bridge, and was on the other platform. I still had a 7 or 8 minute wait for my train.

  The walk from Ladywell station to the pub starts off by going up a staircase. Oddly enough that extra bit of work does not seem to bring on angina, and generally the walk to the pub is comfortable. The worst thing was that when I got to he pub I found a couple sitting at my favourite table. I chose to sit at a smaller table that was nearer the door. That was good in so much as it was brighter there, and it was easier to read the crossword clues.

  On the other hand, it felt odd sitting at the other end of the bar. It was interesting being at the end where Shawn (and his dog Stella) was sitting. It made it a lot easier to follow some of his stories, quite a few of which seemed like tall stories, and while they might have been true, some of it sounded like bragging rites, and I took it with a pinch of salt. Despite being near many of the more vocal people at the bar, I somehow felt rather detached from it all, and didn't enjoy it as much as usual.

  I finished the quick crossword all bar one clue, and solved several cryptic clues, but those cryptic clues seemed annoying, and I decided there was no point staying for a third pint. Two pints of Guinness seemed as much as I wanted. Had I checked the times of te trains I could have left a bit later, or done a very slow walk to Ladywell station. Instead I walked about as fast as usual, and ended up feeling a bit of discomfort, and I had 10 or 12 minute wait for the train.

  I had a cunning plan that was adequate to talk myself out of walking home, instead of getting the train. That plan was to cross over, via the footbridge, and leave the station by the nearest exit it the little Sainsbury's Local store by Catford station. Initially I was just going to get a couple of their ready made Greek salads - that are much nicer than Tesco's attempt at a Greek salad - but things escalated !
 While heading towards the sandwiches area I spotted the two snacks pictured above. Both were very rich, extremely tasty, and maybe not really that healthy. Despite the colour of the backgrounds, the sugar content should have been in the amber in my estimation for both packs. These were not the worst thing I bought. The worst was a 475ml tub of St Judes clotted cream ice cream. Maybe the worst thing was that I found it slightly bland, and considering it's sugar content, it was not a great idea in the end.

  Two other things I bought were 4 packets of Soba, chilli flavour instant noodles. They are really delicious, and in Tesco they are too expensive (compared to other instant noodles) and I only sometimes buy a single packet as a treat. For some reason they were on special offer in Sainsbury's at just £1 a pack. Right by those packets of instant noodles was pots of Kabuto noodles. It does not say so, but the styling gives the impression they may be Japanese inspired, but whatever they are, one thing I am sure of is that they are not very nice. The noddles have a very raw flour sort of taste, and I can imagine they were also on special offer because no one likes them !

  The walk from Catford station is a long longer than from Catford Bridge station because you have to go up and over the bridge, and round the corner to get to the exit from Catford Bridge station. I felt pretty rough by the time I got home, and the walk included two pauses to "get my breath back". I soon settled down as I put some of my shopping down. The first thing I did was to eat the ice cream I had bought.

  As I said above, I didn't think it was particularly good, but maybe I was expecting wonders of something. At least I had a good excuse to eat it because I was feeling quite hot when I got home. The temperature was easily 28° C, and probably as high as 29° C. The BBC were saying it would feel like 33° C ! Ice cream definitely slipped down my throat nicely even if it was not the tastiest variety.

  One curious thing is that I did not feel particularly tired when I got home. After eating the ice cream I would usually have had a lie down, and maybe a quiet read, but I started checking pictures I had taken, ande editing a few to show here. Others I didn't show were of a sandwich board outside The Catford Bridge Tavern. That said they are going to have a battle of the bands competition in August with a prize of £1000. I believe it is a cheap way of getting the bands to play for free, but it could have a positive side effect of attracting some music lovers to the pub. I just hope that all the bands they might attract are not rap, reggae, or soul/disco/dance bands !

  One lot of picture I took were the now traditional fronts and backs of every train I saw. Sadly i found none of them were trains I had not photographed before. It was only after that when I lay on my bed, and read for a while, but not for long at all. At 5pm there was the first of three Star Treks that Sky Mix has started showing between their adverts. I barely made it to the end of the first Star Trek, Enterprise, before I tucked into the snack packs in the photos above.

  It was still a long way before bedtime, and I was counting on that because those snacks seemed very rich, and the sort of thing that could give me late evening heartburn. Fortunately that never happened, and after two more Star Treks, an hour of reading, and an episode of QIXL, plus an edition of Have I Got News For You, I was in bed just after 11pm, and fast asleep maybe 20 minutes later.

  It was a rather sultry night, but apart from another damp, sweaty pillow, I didn't seem to have any trouble sleeping. I can't seem to recall any dreams, and I can't really recall getting up for a pee in the night, although I am sure I must have. The one thing I do remember is waking up just before 5am. It seemed fully light outside, and it was almost as if it was time to get up, but I fought the idea, and didn't get up until just after 6am.

 I am unsure how I feel this morning. I don't seem to be in any physical discomfort, but I do feel a bit down. It is only recently that the sun has broken through the clouds, and until recently it seemed rather dull, and that brought my mood down a bit. One physical annoyance is that I can't recall having a poo yesterday, and so far today I have also not had one, although maybe I am getting hints that things could be moving soon.

  One definite aspect of my health this morning is that my blood glucose has gone very high. I guess that ice cream, and the two very rich snacks I had for dinner were mostly to blame. Fortunately all readings are under the red line, although the Contour meter reading was very close to it at 9.9mmol/l. The GlucoRX readings was almost OK-ish at 8.1mmol/l, and the Sinocare meter sort of came in the middle at 9.1mmol/l. I ought to try and be careful what I eat today.

  The whole of today is a bit of a mystery, as is my food, although there are two definite things. One is that I feel I have to eat the second two quarter pounder beefburgers from the opened pack in the fridge. I might have them with rice again, or I might have them with coleslaw and/or potato salad. The second known today is that Jodie is now in Finland for - would you believe it ??? - a craft beer festival. That is a long way to go for a swift half !

  I doubt I will be drinking anything today. I have no idea how I will be spending the rest of the day. What I do know is that I have allowed myself several diversions while writing, including trying to find a software update for an old Canon camera I bought from a second hand shop years ago, that now no longer works. It is now almost 11:30am, and I haven't washed yet. I have not managed to have a morning poo yet, and I feel I am going to spending most of today just being very lazy.
  


 





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