After my experience yesterday I am taking the idea of sunny spells this afternoon with a pinch of salt. Maybe the temperature will reach the forecast 11° C, but with no sunshine it will feel very cold. By 1am tomorrow morning the temperature will have dropped to 4° C. It will continue to drop and tomorrow morning may start as low as just 3° C. It might possibly be a bright days with sunny spells and possibly a full hour of non stop sunshine at 1 and 3pm, but the temperature is only forecast to rise to 10° C. We have some very cold weather on the way if the long range forecast has any credibility. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week may see daytime temperature only reaching 4° C. That is cold enough for rain to fall as sleet !

  Yesterday started off good, but ended very badly. I was looking forward to my lunchtime drink in The Jolly Farmers, and had a good shower, although I didn't wash my hair, and I didn't have a wet shave. I did use my beard trimmer with the shield off to have a quick buzz over the worst of the stubble. The good and the bad bit of yesterday, plus notes about my night and this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  The forecast sunshine is also late today. I can see some blue areas of sky, but they are all in the west instead of the east where the sun is. Hopefully the clouds will split up, or thin, later, and we shall get the promised sunny day. Once again the temperature will only rise to 11° C. Tomorrow may also only see a maximum of 11° C. It may be a mostly dull day, but with the chance of a few sunny spells in the afternoon.

  I covered just about all of yesterday morning yesterday when I resumed writing after getting back from the Group Practice where I gave me blood and urine samples, and picked up my repeat prescription (except the test strips for my nurse issued blood glucose meter, which they seemed to forget). The rest of my day, yesterday, and the usual notes about my sleep, and about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  Today should be starting with full sunshine, but there seems enough thin cloud to make the sunshine quite weak and watery (although as I write this it is still very low in the sky, and I think it is still below the roof line). By late morning the full sunshine will give way to sunny spells, and once again the temperature should reach 11° C. Tomorrow should also be very sunny, but once again it may only reach 11° C.

  It's very early start today because I am due to give blood samples at 8.45am. At some point I will have to pause writing to go and see the vampires. Back to yesterday, and on the whole, it was one of the better days. Like Monday of last week, I managed to get myself out for a walk. My day, with a lot of pictures, is described along with some notes about my night, and also about this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  It was rather marvellous to open the curtains this morning and see sunshine. At the moment the sky looks rather cloudy, and we may have to wait for a bit if the sky is to clear to allow full sunshine for the rest of the day - if it happens. All that sunshine may only raise the temperature by two degrees to 11° C. Clear skies mean tomorrow may start at just 7° C, but there should be just enough sunshine to warm it up to 11° C again, although the afternoon may actually be dull after sunny spells and sunshine in the morning.

  Yesterday included a sad disaster, a lot of waiting, some unusually careful eating, and some good-ish news. One thing it didn't start with was a shower. With the admittedly highly unlikely possibility of Amazon delivering my parcel early, and also definite news that Jodie would not be drinking with me, I just never got around to showering. All I did, and all that happened yesterday, plus how I slept, and notes about this morning can be read in my full archived page for today.

  I#m unsure if today really started at 7° C - it was 8° C when I first checked ! One thing about this morning was that there were a few gaps in the cloud, and for a few minutes one such gap allowed a few rays of sunshine through. The cloud has since thickened up. Today may only be light to medium grey (although I am seeing slightly darker grey clouds at the moment), but it should stay dry, and the afternoon temperature should reach 11° C - which is still very cool, but better than yesterday. Tomorrow may actually see full sunshine for quite a few hours, but the temperature will still not climb above 11° C.

  The weather may have been cold and grey, but yesterday got off to a good start....err maybe a fairly good start, with one bad bit may be closer to the truth. I didn't manage to raise the enthusiasm to wash my hair, and it did need washing, but I did have a nice scrub under the shower. The rest of my day, plus notes about my sleep, including dreams, and this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  The Met Office says every hour will be overcast. The BBC at least say that some hours will be medium grey, and others will be very grey. The afternoon temperature will be a shivery 9° C. Before and after that it will be very shivery at 8° C until 9pm when the temperature will drop another degree. It should stay dry.  Tomorrow might see a few sunny spells (I'll believe it when I see it), and the temperature may briefly peak at 12° C, but mostly it will be 12° C after a 6° C start to the day.

  Yesterday was a terrible day. Any positive ideas I might have had were trampled under the relentless cold and very grey weather. Apart from a bit of cooking, I don't think I did a notable thing all day long. I mostly read, either from my book, or stuff on my PC. All I did do during the day, how I slept, and some notes and thoughts this morning, are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  In BBC world that could be some sunny spells starting from 11am (although there is no hint that it could happen yet). The Met Office predict thick dirty clouds all day long. Both say it will be a dry day, and both agree that this afternoon will be no warmer than 12° C.  Tomorrow may feature grey skies all day long. No rain is forecast, but it may be a degree less cold than today.

  Yesterday started far better than the dull and dreary weather. By mid afternoon it took a turn for the worst, and it was bad on a number of layers, but a bit of it was quite good. The explanation of all that comes later, but at this stage I can say the badness has it's roots in the day before yesterday. Some of it is unpleasant, but not all, and my day is more fully described, along with night, and this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  Apart from a longer spell at 13° C, today seems like it will be the same as yesterday - which was hardly pleasant ! Tomorrow may start quite cold, just 9° C, but from as early as 11am there could be sunny spells that will warm it up to a far from glorious 12° C.

  There are reasons why yesterday was good and bad. The good was not very good, and the bad definitely was bad, but there were some probably bad things that may not have actually been that bad. Confused ? You should be, but I'll explain all. The good, the bad, and all points between is described, along with some pictures, plus some notes about my night, and this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  Today is the day, or at least one of them, that The Met Office says will feature mist all day long. At the moment there does seem to be a very light haze, but I don't think I would describe it as mist. The BBC say that this morning will start off with heavy cloud, and that seems right. By mid morning the cloud will be lighter, but no sunny spells, or rain for that matter, are forecast. There may be a brief, one hour, rise to 13° C, but most of the afternoon may only see 12° C. Tomorrow may feature light cloud all day with no sunny spells and no rain. It might be a single degree warmer in the afternoon with 13° C forecast for the whole afternoon.

  In contrast to the day before yesterday, yesterday was very quiet. I never had a shower, and I didn't go out - except just once when I delivered an Amazon order to a neighbour after it was left here. Other than that, I can't think of an interesting or useful thing I did all day. The few things I did do, plus how I slept, and some notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived paged for today.

  The Met Office forecast is simple to describe. It says mist for all 24 hours, and a maximum temperature of 12° C. As far as I can see there is no more than a slight haze towards the horizon. The BBC forecast is a lot like yesterday except the sunny spells are shown as starting as late as 2pm. If, like yesterday, they start earlier, say midday, they could make the rather low 13° C feel OK. Today should be dry, and so will tomorrow. Tomorrow may actually be a single degree warmer at 14° C, but at the moment only a single hour, 4pm, may feature a sunny spell. The Met Office say tomorrow will be misty except for the afternoon, and that will feature thick dark cloud.

  Yesterday was a good day for several reasons. One was some good news from Angela. Her doctors realised she could not handle the chemo therapy, and have stopped it. That made Angela very happy. She will continue to have radiotherapy. The other good news, in simplified form, is I got some fresh air ! All I did yesterday, including a host of photos, plus some notes about my night, and this morning, can all be seen in my complete archived page for today.

  Todaywas originally forecast to be as bad as yesterday, but now a few hours of sunny spells are shown for the afternoon. Even the Met Office forecast shows them. It will still be cold, and just 13° C is expected. There is a big difference between the forecasts on the BBC and Met Office for tomorrow. The BBC says thick grey clouds all day, but the BBC says lighter clouds, and as much as 5 hours of sunny spells in the afternoon. Both agree that it will be rather cool again, maybe even cold if the clouds are dark grey. Just 13° C is forecast again.

  Yesterday's weather had all the ingredients for another horrible day, and indeed the weather was very depressing, but somehow the day was nowhere near as depressing as the day before. I didn't really do much, but I didn't seem to be particularly bored and miserable. I describe what I did do yesterday, made some notes about my sleep last night, and the same for this morning, and all can be read in my complete archived page for today.

  Today could be as bad as yesterday. It is medium grey now, and could be all day. Once again no rain is forecast, but at the moment the road outside seems to be bone dry. The best we can hope for is 14° C, but in this cold grey light it is going to feel pretty cold. Tomorrow may start misty (and maybe that prediction could be right this time) and there could be some sunny spells in the afternoon, but even so, a single hour at 14° C is not going to make it feel any less cold.

  As mentioned in the paragraph about yesterday's weather, at the top of the page, yesterday was most horrid. I think all the blame for it being horrid lies with the horrible weather. I felt pretty awful yesterday. Maybe some was some sort of long distance empathy with Angela who I believe was having a horrid day too. It all meant I did not do a lot yesterday, but I did do some things, and these plus notes about my night and this morning are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  It is certainly very dull now, but maybe it will get a bit brighter after 11am. The Met Office describes every hour of today as being "overcast". They are a bit more generous with the temperature and predict a single hour at 15° C, but 14° C for most of the afternoon. The BBC say 15° C for three hours this afternoon. The Met Office say all of tomorrow will be overcast with heavy grey clouds, but the BBC say light grey clouds. Both agree on a max 13° C tomorrow. 

  Yesterday could be described as a quite sort of day with very little happening. I didn't go out anywhere at all, and I saw and spoke to no one all day long. One consequence of that was that I never got around to having a shower yesterday. However I did do a few useful things, and these plus other stuff, including my night, and this morning, are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  If we are lucky there may be a sunny spell at 2pm, but otherwise, today is just going to be a slightly cooler version of yesterday - dull, but dry. The afternoon temperature may only reach 13° C.  Tomorrow may see a couple of hours of drizzle in the morning, but then it will be another dull but dry day, although, having said that, some of the cloud could be thick and darker in the morning.

  This morning must feature one of the latest starts I have made when writing this electronic diary. I had a bit of an unexpected lie in this morning - one minute it was just gone 6am, and in the blink of an eye it was 8am ! After that there were a few things that stopped me writing sooner, and one was composing some positive things to say to Angela who messaged me to say that she was feeling bad as a result of the radiotherapy. I managed to keep my description of yesterday, last night, and this morning fairly brief, and it is all described in my complete archived page for today.