It looks damp outside, as if there was some rain during the night. There is no rain now, and the temperature has risen to 11° C. That is one degree less than forecast. It is going to be a grey day today. No rain at all is forecast to fall, and the temperature should still rise to 13° C for all the afternoon until sunset when it will slowly fall a single degree. Tomorrow will probably see the return of rain, although at the moment it seems like it will be a few random passing showers. Once again the afternoon temperature should be 13° C.

  Yesterday was not a bad day, but I feel reluctant to go as far as to say it was a good day, although I am forced to admit that a few bits may have been good.....or maybe I just did a few things that would later have a good outcome. That was mostly to do with regulating my eating better. My day, plus my night, and also some of this morning, are fully described in my complete archived page for today.

  I'm very sure it was not 5° C at 8am, but more like 2° C. There was a very thick frost this morning because of the sky being clear for most of the night. The sky should stay clear until 9pm, and there will be non stop sunshine for all daylight hours. The temperature is forecast to peak at 1pm, and then it should be 9° C.  With the temperature now (9.43am) still a smidgen away from 5° C, it is possible today's high may not be as high as forecast. There will be some cloud from about 9pm, and the temperature should rise again. The temperature at 6am tomorrow morning is forecast to be about 9° C. It will probably be all dull tomorrow, but a maximum of 13° C is about the best compensation for that we can hope for.

  Yesterday started as a disaster - huge weight gain, and horrendous blood glucose readings - but I did get things under control for a while, and indeed I did get things very much under control later for some good readings this morning, but the bad effects were still apparent in the afternoon. All this and more is expanded on, and explained, together with some notes about my night and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  After yesterday's gloom it is very nice to see bright sunshine today. Unfortunately a most clear night means this morning the temperature is low enough for a thick frost. By 1pm it should reach 5° C. From then on there will only be a dip to 4° C, and then by 11pm it will be back at 5° C. Tomorrow should also be dry and sunny, and it will be warmer too, with the temperature peaking at 9° C.

  Yesterday was a great day, but it was another that ended in disaster - and it was of my own making, aided by a fair bit of booze. Basically, under the influence of booze, I ate enough to ruin my blood glucose and weight measurements. All this and more, including a few photos, plus notes about my night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

   The forecast for today keeps changing. Yesterday's forecast showed today as being very wet and rainy. The Met Office forecast for today shows it being dry, but heavily overcast. The BBC forecast still shows some light rain and drizzle that should be ending about now, and in fact I think it could have stopped an hour ago or more. The latest revision shows heavy cloud until 1pm, and then lighter cloud for the rest of the day. The temperature is falling from 9° C, at the start of this morning, down to just 6° C all afternoon. After sunset the temperature will slowly drop down to 2° C by 4am tomorrow morning. Apart from some morning mist, tomorrow should be completely dry, and it might be very sunny, but also very cold. Just 5° C is forecast for the afternoon.

  Yesterday was another day where I did a couple of important things, and almost nothing else. I can't really describe as a boring day, and I did start a small project out of curiosity. After writing yesterday's edition (edition ?) of this diary, I started the  day under the shower. My whole day, night, and also this morning is all described in my complete archived page for today.

   Today clear skies are forecast, and non stop sunshine for all the daylight hours. I feel sure I saw clouds on the eastern horizon at daybreak, but the sky is looking almost clear now, and the sun is now shining. Sadly it may only raise the temperature from 7° C to 9° C. By 11pm the temperature will be back down to 7° C, the clouds will have thickened, and it will start raining. Overnight rain is the best time for it if it has to rain. By 6am tomorrow the rain will be quite heavy, and it could continue until 10am when the rain will change to light rain until midday. From then on it should be dry, but also rather dull. The end of the heavy rain will also see the temperature start to slowly drop from 9° C to just 4° C by midnight.

  Yesterday seemed to have weather that was nice enough to make me almost happy. I did make use of it in several ways, but none of them involved going out for a walk, or some sort of railway exploration/photography. The first thing I did was to have a shower. All I did yesterday, how I slept, and some notes and thoughts about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

   This morning started at closer to 12° C thanks to more cloud than predicted. The full sunshine shown on the forecast above is still struggling to come through as I write this, but in the last half hour we have had a couple of sunny spells, albeit rather short, and not full strength. I guess that means there is hope that the sky will eventually clear, before it gets cloudy again, and we only get sunny spells from 11am until 3pm when the cloud thickens a bit and the temperature starts to fall. Clear skies in the early hours of tomorrow will see 8am tomorrow as low as 6° C, but it will warm up a bit thanks to some full sunshine until sunset. The maximum temperature tomorrow may only be 9° C. After a brief flirtation with some warmth, it seems we are plunging back into winter again.

  After my lack of sleep in the night, I did not feel very dynamic yesterday. While it seemed warm enough to go out without a coat, and there were some sunny spells, I could not raise the enthusiasm or energy (although the latter was probably mostly imagined) to go out yesterday morning. What I did do yesterday, plus the usual notes about my night, and this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

   This morning has started at 16° C, and we have seen at least one short, and a bit watery, sunny spells. The forecast says there should be more to come. The grey sky says it is actually unlikely. I haven't really noticed them indoors, but there are supposed to be some very gusty winds to stir everything up, and blow more leaves off the trees. The last sunny spells, if we haven't already had it, may be at 1pm, and then the rest of the afternoon will be dull. From 6pm rain will return, and very late at night it could be quite heavy. Meanwhile from 7pm the temperature may drop to just 11° C by 1am tomorrow. Tomorrow could be bright and cheerful until 4pm, but from 5pm, after sunset so we won't see any sunshine, the sky should clear, and of course the temperature will start to drop. It may be done to 7° C at midnight.

  Another very late start to writing the electronic diary this morning. I had better try and keep today's writing brief, and that may be easier because yesterday was a really horrible day when not a lot happened except for some very bad insomnia last night, and the reason for being so late this morning. There were only a few things worth commenting on yesterday, and they can be read, along with notes about my night, and this morning, in my archived page for today.

   Today started very damp after rain during the night. It seemed like the rain had stopped for a while, but I can now see that the rain is very fine rain, and difficult to see. That may be the case for most of the day. It is the sort of rain that gets you saturated without you realising it is happening until it has happened. The temperature will slowly climb from just 7° C to 15° C by the end of this soggy day. It could almost feel nice if you wanted to stand in the rain at midnight. One important thing about today's weather is very strong winds, and they will continue tomorrow. Tomorrow was, if I recall correctly, going to be another very wet day, but the latest update shows the day being dull, but dry until rain resumes in the early evening. The temperature could rise to 16° C, and if it was dry and bright that could be t-shirt weather !

  Yesterday was a rather good day, and it was mostly because I did what I didn't think I would do. I mean that more literally than it reads because what I did was a bit different to even my optimistic predictions. With no more than a quick flick with a damp flannel, and a squirt of deodorant, I went out into the big wild world ! My day is described with some photos, together with notes about my night and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

   Today should be a bit warmer than yesterday. The sunny spells started quite early. and there will be some full sunshine to warm the middle of the day up to a marvellous (sic) 6° C. At least it should be another dry day. By midnight the temperature will have fallen down to just 2° C. By 5am tomorrow morning, the temperature will have risen to 3° C, and the first rain will fall. At that temperature it would be no surprise if that rain did not fall as sleet or even snow. That rain will continue, maybe non stop through the day. As it rains the temperature will rise, and at midnight the temperature will have risen to an almost warm 14° C. Most if the day after will be the same temperature, and it will also rain all day. Just to make tomorrow (and the day after) even worse there could be some very strong gusty winds.

  After an extremely late start this morning, it is handy that I don't think I have a lot to say about yesterday, or maybe I can cut the waffle, and just concentrate on the basics. For instance I can say that I had a morning shower in one sentence. A few more paragraphs and the day could be over. Those paragraphs about yesterday, last night, and also about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

   Today's forecast says it will be very dull until 11am, and it certainly is very dull as I write this. What is more worrying is the the barometers in my thermometers all say the pressure is dropping, and rain should be expected. If it does rain, contrary to the forecast, that rain is going to fall as snow ! It is just 1° C now, and maybe it will warm up to 3° C by 1pm. A few hours later it will slowly go back down to just 1° C again - and all that assumes we will have sunny spells at first, and then bright sunshine for the afternoon. Tomorrow may be a little warmer - a peak of 5° C is predicted. There could be some sunny spells for a lot of the very few daylight hours we are getting at this time of year, but it will still be pretty miserable, like today.

  Yesterday was one of those good and bad days, and it was mostly because I was waiting in for another box of beers to be delivered, and I had no idea when it would arrive. I hoped it would be at about the same time as the delivery the day before, but it was much later, and that messed up my day. What actually happened yesterday, how I slept last night, and some notes about this morning, are all described in my complete archived page for today.

   Clear skies through much of the night allowed the temperature to hit 0° C early this morning. Sunny spells and sunshine should raise the temperature to 4° C by midday. Full sunshine should shine from midday, but even before sunset the temperature will drop a degree, and like yesterday, it will be down to 0° C again by midnight. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be very similar to today, but tomorrow the maximum temperature may only be 3° C !

  Yesterday turned out to be quite a good day, and although the goodness sagged a bit later in the day, it was revived just before midnight. One highlight of the day was the delivery of what turned out to be 2/3rds of one of my two beer orders. It came in time to report on it before I finished writing yesterday. The rest of yesterday, and then last night, and this morning, is all described, with some photos, in my complete archived page for today.

   If yesterday was unpleasant then today is going to be positively horrible ! I think it was raining through all the early hours of this morning, and it might not stop until 4pm. With the temperature as low as 3° C at 9am it was little surprise to see some sleet mixed in with the rain - a prediction that The Met Office made, but not the BBC. It is good thing (probably) that the rain stops at 4pm because at 5pm the temperature drops from a mere 4° C down to just 1° C by midnight. Any rain would fall as snow at those temperature. Tomorrow at 6am it will still be 1° C, and the skies will be clear, as soon as the sun rises we should non stop sunshine until sunset. That will only raise the temperature to 4° C by midday. Three hours later it will start to fall, and it will reach 0° C by midnight.

  At the same time that the year is now seeming to run out very fast, we seemed to have really plunged headlong into winter already. It feels like this winter could be very harsh, and with no pensioners winter heating allowance this year, it could be a very harsh time for many of us.  My full day, night and also stuff this morning is described in over 3000 words (almost a record) in my complete archived page for today.

Against all expectation we are having a sunny spell as I type this. No sunshine at all if forecast for today, and so it will be interesting to see if this sunny spells, or more sunny spells continue for long. All my thermometers agree the current temperature is 9° C, and that is not supposed to happen until 11pm. It is supposed to be a very flat 7° C until the temperature starts to rise at 10pm. At this rate it may, or may not start to rain at 4pm ! Tomorrow may start at 8° C, but is will slowly fall down to 2° C by midnight. During that time there may be a sunny spells, and there may be a shower, but most of all it will be cold !

  Yesterday was another day where very little happened. There were more sunny spells than expected/forecast, and that should have been a lure to go out to stretch my legs, but it was also nice to lay on my bed, with the sunshine coming through the windows, being lazy at a professional level ! There was more to my day than just being lazy, and it is described, along with some notes about my night, and this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning there are nice sunny spells. I know this because the forecast says there are, but it seems no one bothered to tell the real weather because it is actually quite grey outside. There are patches of white cloud between the grey clouds, and maybe one of those will open up and let a few rays of sunshine through - but I am not holding my breath waiting for it to happen. The afternoon is forecast to be dull, and like yesterday there could be some rain in the evening. The afternoon high will probably be no higher than 9° C, but it could always be less. Tomorrow may start and end warmer than the middle. From 7am to 8pm the temperature may only be a chilly 7° C.  Most of the day may feature light rain.

  Yesterday was one of "those" days. What one of "those" days actually is will be revealed as I describe my day, but a good starting point is that my right elbow and shoulder, the barometer function on some of my thermometers, and the weather forecast all agreed that rain was on the way. My full day, plus my night, a bit of one dream, and some notes about this morning can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  My right elbow, and the barometer function on my thermometers say rain is on the way, and it seems the forecast agrees, but not until 7pm tonight when it should start with drizzle. After that there will be 3 hours of light rain. This morning didn't start at 6° C. All my thermometers say it was around 9° C. The afternoon may only see 10° C. It is currently, and will stay this way all day, very dull. Tomorrow may be even cooler, with a high of just 9° C, but it is possible there will be many hours of sunny spells.

  Yesterday may have started with me feeling horrible, but somehow I was feeling good from early afternoon. It seemed like all aches and pains had faded away. Of course that did come at the expense of burning a lot of electricity to keep the room, and much later, two rooms warm. All this and a lot more is described, along with notes about my night, and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  Today's weather forecast has got off to a very bad start. It is very cloudy, and that has kept the temperature up to 10° C this morning. It also means no sunny spells, and from the look of the sky there won't be any for hours yet, if indeed there are any today ! Considering it is already 10° C now, it make me wonder what the afternoon temperature will be. Maybe it will be a flat 10° C until it starts to fall at sunset. Tomorrow is set to start where today leaves off, 6° C, and with not a ray of sunshine predicted it will only rise to, once again, 10° C. From 7pm there might be light rain.

  Yesterday did not end up well, but I did manage to get home from the hospital at about two minutes after 4pm - the time I told Jodie I would be home. The bad thing was that I had some bad chest pains in the evening, and I am very sure they were not heart or indigestion pains. As usual, my whole day, plus night, and this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  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.