Two instant facts about the weather this morning - 1) The Met Office says there will be mist all day long. Here at home I can see a bit of a light haze that reduces visibility down to probably a mile (except the furthest thing I can see from home is around half a mile away !). 2) Maybe I am getting used to it, but it somehow seems a bit brighter than yesterday. As can be seen in the screenshot above, the BBC forecast for today is all black clouds, but I think they are only semi dark grey. The mist may be extremely light drizzle falling, although only 3pm shows a mere 12% chance of rain. Most of today will be just 8° C. Tomorrow may be a lighter grey, but it should be dry. The temperature may start and end at 6° C, but there could be a couple of hours at 8° C.

   I guess I should describe yesterday as quite a good day, despite it being another day that had a very bad/annoying ending. I actually did very little, and so most of my narrative starts at about 4.30pm. Only a few things happened before that. I have described my day, and a fair bit of my night, with some notes about this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  The curious thing is that yesterday the BBC were predicting fog and mist for today. This morning the Met Office forecast mist last all day today. The BBC now say it will be clear, although an hour or so ago I could just about make out a slight haze in the air. Another thing not shown on this morning's forecast is some fine drizzly rain. I felt it myself an hour ago, and it looks like it might be still falling. Oh well, back to the fantasy of the forecast. It is going to be grey all day, and the afternoon's temperature should peak at 9° C. Tomorrow is predicted to be a 1° C cooler version of today.
   After sometimes struggling to take decent photos in the gloom of the day before yesterday, I decided I would not go out yesterday. The surprising thing is that it seemed to be an OK day rather than the depressing day I expected. I was even a little bit productive. I describe my day, plus how I slept, and some notes about this morning, all in my complete archived page for today.

  Around sunrise (08:05am) it looked like today could be duller than yesterday, but I now think it will be about the same. If it were any duller it would be bedtime. Today may only see 11° C, but at least it should stay dry. Tomorrow may start with fog and mist, and end with mist. It will be another very grey day, but once again it should stay dry. Only 9° C is forecast, and so it is going to be a very unpleasant day.   Despite the horrible greyness, yesterday was not such a bad day, and I mostly managed to do all I set out to achieve - except for one thing because I was feeling a bit tired. After I finished writing, yesterday morning, I had my usual rest, and then had a shower. After that things got more interesting. All is explained, and illustrated with quite a few photos in my complete archived page for today, that also includes notes about last night, and this morning.

  The forecast is playing safe by showing dull skies for the whole day, but as I type this the sun is shining. It has been for the last half hour or more, and the sky looks almost clear enough for a fair bit more, although some patches of thin cloud could dim it. This afternoon we can expect the temperature to reach 12° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be the same as the forecast for today - dull all day - but the temperature may only reach 11° C.
  Maybe I was guilty of being optimistic about sunshine today. I just took the picture above, and it does show the houses on the left being lit up by the sun, but there is quite a big streak of cloud across the sky. Maybe that cloud is thickening, or maybe it will blow across leaving more blue sky. Just as I typed the full stop the sun finally went in after shining for around an hour. I expect we will see it again, but maybe just for the odd minute.

  All my positive thoughts disappeared like the sun did yesterday morning. It didn't really turning into a depressing day, although it was boring now and then. I can't seem to remember doing anything more positive that taking out two rubbish bags - one for the general waste bin, and one for the recycling bin. Other than that I didn't leave the house. All I did yesterday, hw I slept, and some bad and good results this morning are described in my full archived page for today.

  Good solid sunshine is forecast for this morning. There has been some, but as I write this the sun is stuck behind a cloud. Hopefully there will be more sunshine or sunny spells soon. It was a very cold morning with my thermometers showing it to be only just over 4° C. It should warm up to 7° C, and maybe that won't feel so bad when standing in full sunshine, but otherwise it will be bloody freezing ! Hopefully, if it ever returns, the sun will shine through my front windows, and warm the front rooms up nicely. From 7pm we can probably expect drizzle, with an occasional break, until the end of the day. Tomorrow is going to be dry and a lot warmer - maybe 12° C, but it will come at the cost of it being initially grey, and later on, very grey without a single hint of sunshine.

  Most of yesterday was pretty good, although it all went terribly wrong late last night (and into the early hours of this morning). All that going wrong is the main reason why I have started writing so late, but it is also because time seems to have slipped without noticing it. The fairly complete description of my day, yesterday, plus my rather terrible night, and some notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning it was colder than the forecast predicted. Clear skies took the temperature down to 4° C, and probably lower before sunrise. The clear sky means that at the moment we have some wonderful sunshine. It looks like it could continue for at least the next hour, and maybe longer. The only thing I think may be true in the forecast is the predicted gusty winds. Maybe it will only reach 7° C today, but the wind is from the east, and that is usually a warm direction, and maybe if the sun continues to shine it could raise the temperature another degree or two. Tomorrow forecast shows full sunshine from sunrise to midday, and then sunny spells from then until sunset. it may still only be 7° C at best.

  Even if yesterday did reach 12° C, it didn't feel like it. It was definitely cold feeling, definitely gloomy, and most definitely very damp. In short, a really miserable and depressing day. It didn't inspire me to do much except to eat too much, or the wrong things, or both. I tried to keep it brief, but my day is more fully described, along with my night, and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  Today looks like it will be a very murky day. It is certainly wet as I write this, and the rain, and then drizzle (maybe) may only take a break for a couple of hours from midday. It may be dry from 5pm onwards. The temperature may peak as high as 12° C today. Tomorrow should be dry, but with a high of just 7° C, and that for maybe only 2 hours, it will feel very chilly. There may be sunny spells at 9am and 3pm, but otherwise it will be possibly light grey all day.

  I guess yesterday should be classified as a good day. I think I achieved all I intended to do, although I didn't manage the fast I said I ought to do until dinner time. Despite temptations I did half manage to control what I ate, and how much, and that part achieved what I hoped for. My entire description of yesterday, last night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

  I'm unsure if the temperature fell lower than 3° C during the hours of darkness, but next doors shed seems to have frost on it. It was 3° C at about 8am, but it seems to be warming up now. I can currently see some streaks of darker cloud, but much of the sky is blue, and some just has some thin, almost transparent cloud. This means we have had almost non stop sunshine for the last hour, but sometimes it does seem weak and watery sunshine. The forecast says sunny spells until midday. From 3pm, and an hour after the temperature should have risen to 9° C, it will probably start to rain. Mostly it should be light rain, and it will finish with drizzle at 7pm. After that the cloud will be getting thin, and the temperature will be dropping again, but it will rise again to 7° C tomorrow morning. Most of tomorrow will be grey, and wet, but the temperature may climb to 12° C.

  Yesterday seemed to be a very busy day (by my standards) until mid afternoon when I could relax with some beers. After I finished writing I had my usual rest, albeit probably a bit shorter than usual, and then I washed my hair and had a shower. By the time I was dried and dressed it was time to turn the new fridge/freezer on. What happened next, and all there bits worth noting about my day, night, and this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning is dull, and at just 7° C, a bit cool. Once again, sunny spells are forecast from late morning through to sunset. Unfortunately they won't raise the temperature about the 7° C start. Clear skies in the evening will mean the temperature will drop to just 3° C by midnight. Tomorrow will start at just 3° C, but it will slowly warm up. There could be some sunny spells in the morning, but by the time the temperature peaks at 9° C at 2pm, it will start to rain for possibly the rest of the day.

  After my traditional little rest, after writing yesterday's piece, I had some special work to do before I went out for my regular Wednesday lunchtime drink. I seemed to write quite a lot yesterday, 2154 words, but I must have done it quickly because I had time to have a shower, and do my special work. All this and the rest of my day, plus so far this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  Today has almost started off warm, although my thermometers say closer to 13° C than the forecast 14° C. Also it looks very wet outside, and at the very least it is a fall of drizzle. It is forecast to be dry until 5pm. If reality and the forecast meet later there should be sunny spells from 1pm until sunset. From 3pm the temperature may drop to 12° C, and then strong winds and more rain will raise it to 13° C again. The latest revision shows strong winds only for 8pm. The temperature will continue to fall through the night, and tomorrow may start at just 7° C. Sunny spells from as early as 9am through to sunset should keep the temperature about the same, but clear skies tomorrow night will see the temperature dip to just 4° C by Friday morning.

  It seemed like I had done almost nothing yesterday, but looking back at my bed when I got up, I remembered that I had been modestly productive until early evening when I have to admit I only had one thing to show for it, but more about that further down the page. The full description of my day, plus my night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

  It is dry, but very dull as I write this. Later on the clouds may be a bit lighter, but still too thick to let any sunshine through. By 10pm rain should start. The temperature is going to be up and down all day, and should range between 9° C, and 11° C.  Tomorrow's forecast seems unlikely, but if true, the day will start with drizzle, very strong winds, and an almost warm 14° C. At 9am the wind should drop to more of a breeze. At 11am the clouds should start to thin enough that from 1pm there could be three hours of sunny spells. Also the temperature will fall to 13° C, and then 12° C. At 5pm there will be drizzle, and that will be followed by light rain. At 7pm the rain will turn heavy for a few hours. Of course, the forecast for tomorrow is just wild speculation, and reality could be very different.

  Yesterday was far more successful than I had imagined it could be. It all got off to a slow start. It was probably getting near midday when I finished writing, and then, after a rest, I washed my hair and had a shower. That made me feel good, and I needed to feel good because I had important work to do. That and the rest of my day, night, and this morning is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  The Met Office was a bit more generous with it's sunny spells today, compared to the BBC forecast above. If The met Office are right there could be sunny spells from 10am (which doesn't seem likely at the moment) to 3pm this afternoon. Maybe the BBC is closer to the truth, or maybe today will be like yesterday with sunny spells that were just not shown in the forecast, and some of those sunny spells were long enough to be described as "sunny". Today should be dry, and the afternoon should be 11° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be dull but dry until almost midnight, when there could be rain. It should be 10° C, and I guess that is not too bad for mid December.

  There were a few bad things yesterday. Almost enough to call it a bad day, but there were also good things too, to offset the bad things. It was another day when I should have washed my hair, but once again I didn't seem to have the patience or the time. My day, terrible night, and this morning, are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  No sunshine is forecast for today, but it should stay dry despite some of the cloud being almost black (if I interpret the forecast correctly). Despite no sunshine, the temperature should reach an almost warm 12° C.  Tomorrow should be another dry day, and the middle of the day should feature some sunny spells. It will be almost as warm as today, but only 11° C is currently forecast, but it could all change in tomorrow's version.

  I seem to be having another late start this morning, but it may not matter because I probably don't have a lot to say (but who knows what might tumble out once I get started). All I did that I can remember, or is worth mentioning, during the day, my night, and the start of this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.

  Today there is a ray of hope - literally a ray of sunshine. Early this morning  I saw people walking outside with umbrellas up, and the ground certainly looked wet. Any drizzle has probably stopped now, and I cans see some thinner areas of cloud. It still seems ages away, but maybe midday will see some sunny spells, and then 2 and 3pm will see full sunshine until the sun sets at 15:51 today. The sunshine will only raise the temperature up to 7° C, and while the sunshine will help, it was still feel very cold. Tomorrow it will be back to grey weather, but it could stay dry, and most incredible is that the afternoon temperature could rise to 11° C. In full sunshine that could feel OK in just a t-shirt, but I expect it will still feel very cool in the gloom.

  Yesterday had the potential to be quite a miserable day, and particularly so because I had to try to fast for most of the day. I, and I imagine I am not alone, find cold grey weather makes me feel hungry. I almost managed to fight it, and although I didn't do as well as intended, I did manage to achieve part good results. All that can be described about yesterday, last night and ny dream, plus this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  It is very wet out this morning. There must have been some rain in the early hours, and I think there might even still be some light drizzle even if the forecast says zero chance of any rain in the last hour. The forecast actually says no rain at all today. The morning will feature thick cloud, but the cloud should thin a bit after sunset, and so there is still zero chance of seeing any sunshine today. Most of the daylight hours will be 6° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to start with some drizzle, but the afternoon may see some sunny spells, and it could be 8° C - which is still pretty chilly.

  One way of looking at it is that yesterday was a disaster, albeit a slowly acting disaster. That will be explained in due course. Another way of looking at it is that yesterday was a nice day, and that will be explained too.One definite thing is that I missed a lot of good sleep last night. That too will be explained in my complete archived page for today.

  The Met Office says it will be misty until quite late in the day. It did look misty when I peeped out from behind the curtains at about 6:30am, but once there was a bit more light in the sky it had vanished - if it was even there in the first place ! This morning it seems to be a few tenths of a degree below the forecast 6° C, but it is supposed to warm up to 7° C very soon. Drizzle may start to fall at 1pm, and the temperature should go up another degree by 2pm, and at 4pm the drizzle may turn into light rain. It is going to be another miserable day with no sunshine. Tomorrow may be another sunless day, but the clouds may be a bit lighter. The temperature sometimes be 6° C and sometimes 7° C, but by midnight the temperature could fall to 5° C.

  The main problem yesterday was the dull and cold weather. I burned a lot of electricity keeping my bedroom, where I tend to spend much of my free time, warm. I was OK when I went out. I wore one of my thick hooded coats, and at one time I was feeling a bit too warm ! My day, night, and the start of this morning, is more completely described in my full archived page for today.

  There was a lot of dew on the cars outside this morning, and the road looked damp like there might have been some rain in the small hours. Today will be much like today - very grey, and just 7° C until 10pm when, also like yesterday, the temperature will drop to 6° C. Today should be completely dry, but a 21% chance of some sort of rainfall is predicted for midday. Tomorrow may feature many random spells of drizzle, and maybe an hour of light rain. The whole day will range between dull and very dull. One change is that at 1pm the temperature may rise from even more 7° C to 8° C. Maybe the wind will be a bit lighter than today, but today's wind looks to be little more than a medium breeze.

  Yesterday seemed like it might have been a fairly good day. On the face of it, it did seem to be a day when I found enough to do, but maybe at a slightly subconscious level I must have been feeling a bit lost/depressed/unsatisfied/other negative things. It revealed itself as almost zero control of my eating, and that had consequences. Maybe it wasn't quite as bad as I thought. It is all better described, along with my night and some of this morning, in my full archived page for today.

  It is certainly dull and drizzly this morning, just like the forecast predicts. It may dry up around 9am, but it will probably be very overcast all day long, and once again the temperature will be stuck at 7° C all day long as well. My thermometers currently say it is only 6° C, but I guess that is close enough. The forecast has just been revised to say the drizzle won't stop until 10am now, and the temperature will drop to 6° C at 10pm. Tomorrow is shown as starting at 6° C, but it may rise to 7° C at 11am. It will be very cloudy, and very gloomy from dawn to about 3pm, when it will change to medium grey clouds.

  Yesterday was sort of good, but sometimes that has a downside, and indeed it did, but I'll explain that further down the page. The best bit of the best bits was during the morning, when instead of the dull, cold and miserable weather forecast, the sky was mostly clear, and the sun blazed down. This and more of my day, plus my night, and this morning, is all more fully described in my complete archived page for today.

  The forecast says thick cloud all day, but this morning has started with a semi clear sky and sunshine ! The sky still looks clear enough that it could last for at least an hour or two. Out of curiosity I've just check the view out of the back of the house (towards the north), and the sky is also at least 90% clear in that direction. The forecast is actually predicting drizzle as I write this. It make me wonder how accurate the rest of the forecast can be. The temperature should drop soon from 8 to 7° C, but it is barely above 6° C as I write this. Maybe it will rise to 7° C and then stay there for the rest of the day. Maybe there will be rain tonight, and maybe the afternoon will feature thick cloud, but who knows ?  Tomorrow may be 7° C almost all day, and be very cloudy with occasional falls of drizzle.

  I'm not sure how to describe my day, yesterday. It was neither good nor bad, but I guess there was a bias towards the good. It was certainly a day when I watched my food intake more rigidly than recently, and reaped some slight benefit from it. My day and night, and also this morning, is more fully described in my complete archived page for today.

  The strong winds should calm down at midday, but the rain, now all shown as light rain, will continue until 6pm. Before 6pm the temperature will be just 7° C, but it will rise to  8° C after. Once again, no hint of sunshine is expected. Tomorrow may be mostly dry until 7pm, and then mostly only drizzle. Once again not a single ray of sunshine is expected. The temperature will probably be the reverse of today - 8° C in the morning, and 7° C after 8am, and for the rest of the day.

  It seems curious to say it now, but yesterday seemed to be a quite good day - despite the loathsome weather. Not going out helped to make the weather of less concern, but one of the good things about yesterday was that my roof stayed on, and remained water tight despite that the the weather threw at it. Other good things, plus the rest of my day, my night, and the start of this morning are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  There are two main features to today's weather, not counting that it will also be rather cool. One is that it may rain non stop to beyond midnight. Much of the rain is shown as light rain, but there might be some heavy rain this morning. The other main feature is the wind. I am not sure we have seen gust of 55mph yet because I have seen no wheelie bins flying around, but it most definitely is very windy, and it too will continue to beyond midnight. It will be another day when the temperature in the middle of the day will be lower than at the ends of it. This afternoon may only see 6° C. Tomorrow will see more rain and strong winds. The winds may calm down after 1pm, and the rain may stop after 10pm. Much of tomorrow may see a temperature of 7° C, but it may rise to 8° C from 5pm.

  Yesterday turned out to be better than expected in quite a few ways. My guts seemed tender after all the trouble I had the previous night (and early hours of yesterday morning), but that seemed to fade away quite quickly. A nice snooze, albeit maybe only lasting 30 minutes made me feel much fresher. What I did during the day, how I slept at night, and how I feel this morning, and what I might do today, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  Sunshine was forecast by both The Met Office and The BBC for this morning, and this time that is exactly what we have. The clear skies meant that it was less than 7° C earlier, but it is starting to creep upwards. It seems it will only go up a single degree to 8° C until 8pm when it will rise further as warmer and wetter winds bring rain and strong winds for tonight. Tomorrow the day defies convention by being warmer at the start and end of the day, and cooler in the middle. The afternoon temperature could be as low as 6° C, and to make matters worse there could be winds gusting from 44 to 50mph !

  There is a good reason why I have started writing so late this afternoon, and it will be explained when I come to writing about the evening. Much of yesterday was fairly good, although I suppose not enough really happened to comment on until the afternoon beer tasting/drinking session. The evening was quite unpleasant, and together with a description of my day, there is a description of my night, that extends well into the small hours of this morning, plus some notes about this morning, and all can be read in my complete archived page for today.

  The Met Office has the audacity to say there will be sunny spells this morning. The BBC forecast says it will be light grey, and maybe there will be a sunny spell at 10am. The reality is that last night's rain has still not finished. It looks very wet outside, and I see cars with their windscreen wipers operating. The only positive thing is that this morning has started  at 13° C - just as forecast ! The temperature may only start to fall at 9pm tonight. Assuming it does stop before, the rain will resume at 3pm with some drizzle, and build up to heavy rain for 7pm. Tomorrow morning may see clear skies and a chilly 7° C. Full sunshine is predicted from about 8am, and that should warm things up a tiny bit to 8° C. At 6pm rain will resume, and by a very soggy midnight it may rise to 12° C.

  I guess it could be described as a self inflicted wound late yesterday afternoon, and that would have some consequence, but otherwise yesterday fairly OK, and I even had a minor triumph. Of course all these things will be better described, with some pictures, plus notes on my sleep and dreams, plus this morning, in my my complete archived page for today.

  It is cold and grey as I write this. However, I can see some large patches of blue sky, and so the sunny spells forecast from 9am look very possible. By midday they may be over, but it should remain dry until maybe 10pm when light rain is predicted. The temperature should slowly rise from this morning's 5° C to 10° C by midnight, but the afternoon may only be 8° C.  Tomorrow may start very wet, but it could be dry from 8am to 3pm when more rain will fall. There might even be a few sunny spells around midday. It should be warmer too with a magnificent 13° C forecast !

  Not a lot happened yesterday, and that should make writing this a bit quicker than recently.  Maybe it was one of those days when there was little pressure, or indeed need to do much, and so being quite lazy didn't seem boring. As far as I can remember, the day passed quite quickly. My day, such as it was, plus some notes about my sleep and dreams, and also notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  It wasn't cold enough for a frost this morning, and I am not sure if it ever went as low as 3° C as shown on the forecast. The jump of a whole 3° C between 8 and 9am looks unrealistic. As I write this it is about 7° C. I don't think I have seen a sunny spell yet, but there are plenty of blue bits of sky among the clouds, and so sunny spells are very possible. It is going to be a cold day with just 7° C forecast, although if it is 7° C now, it could go up to 8° C later. Tomorrow could start at 4° C, but the temperature could climb to 10° C by midnight. There could be rain at the start and end of the day, but most of it may be dry, and much of the middle of the day may feature sunny spells.

  Yesterday was a sort of low key hectic day - if that makes any sense. There were four things I hoped to achieve yesterday, and I am happy to say I achieved them all. Another aim was to eat very carefully, and that I only half achieved. The low level stress made me feel hungry. The full story of yesterday, with a lot of photos, plus the usual notes about my night and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning it seems like the Met Office forecast is slightly closer to reality, although on reflection, the BBC forecast is not a lot different. It is reality that is different. As I type this the sky is at least 50%, and maybe 75% blue, and the sun is shining. Later on it may well cloud over, and by mid afternoon there might be light rain or drizzle. Most of today could be 10 or 11° C. Tomorrow could be bright and dry, but it will be very cold. A high of just 6° C is forecast by the BBC.

  Yesterday was a curious mix of hectic and relaxed. There didn't seem to be any rush to do stuff, but I achieved quite a bit, and that included far more photo editing than expected - and so much of today's edition of the electronic diary will be photos. There are about 10 photos to see, plus a description of my day, plus notes about my night and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  December has started grey and damp. It seems to be like last nights fine drizzle at the moment - enough to slowly get the ground damp, but not enough to feel much like rain when walking through it. Maybe it will get a little heavier later, or maybe it will stop now and then. In the seemingly highly unlikely even that the forecast is right, we may get a sunny spell at 3pm. The Met Office forecast reckons there will be sunny spells from 1pm, and they will last until sunset. The afternoon temperature should be 13° C, and that is the same as yesterday, and didn't feel too bad. Tomorrow may start dry, and with a possible single sunny spell, but the afternoon will probably feature rain, mostly just drizzle. It may start at 10° C, but the temperature will slowly drop to 9° C by 9am, and then 8° C by 3pm. The day may end with the temperature down to 6° C.

  Yesterday was a rather tiring day, but it was still a good day. It was good to get out with my best camera and lens for quite a few hours. The only really negative thing was that the train I wanted to get to Petts Wood station was cancelled, but the next one ran on time. My day, with some pictures, is described along with notes about my sleep and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.