08:24 BST

  The sun is trying to shine as I write this, but there is a lot of thin cloud to the east where the sun is. It does look clear to the west. Maybe there will be earlier sunny spells than those forecast for 6pm until sunset. The temperature today may only be 21° C. Tomorrow the BBC is forecast more thunderstorms that probably won't happen. Like today there will probably be sunny spells in the morning and evening. The most likely time for a thunderstorm is 4pm when there is a 55% chance of rain. It could be sunshine instead of thunderstorms again ! Tomorrow may see the temperature rising to 22° C. Summer may return next Wednesday.

  Yesterday was not a very productive day, and today is going to be a mad dash. I need to try and make today's electronic diary short so I can get ready in time to get a train to Petts Wood early enough to ideally get there before 12:30. It should not take long to describe yesterday.

  I did not feel good yesterday, and I am a bit unsure why. Thursday's boozing didn't help. These modern hangovers are not like the old ones. The old ones were very painful at first, but soon wore off. These new ones are, like I think I described yesterday, like having your brain stuff with cotton wool. I had no get up and go, and for the one time I did need to get up and going I only managed it through force of will.

  After I had finished writing, and and a lie down, I had a basic shower, and then got ready to go shopping at Tesco. The walk there was not bad, but it was not enjoyable. The walk home did have one interesting moment. I passed a house down the road from me with a Police van parked outside. There were two WPCs on the door step waiting for an answer. One policeman standing a bit behind them, and one quite burly policeman at the front gate.

  I have no idea what was going on, but I expect it was a little old lady who had been caught going 21mph in a 20mph zone. It might have been someone who had dropped a cigarette end on the road, or maybe it was someone who had left an envelope with their address on it at the bottom of half a ton of fly tipped garbage. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM).

 The stuff I bought in Tesco included stuff that would be simple to prepare, such as some rolls, for when I get home from Petts Wood Calling today - which could be rather late if I can stay standing for long enough. It also included a small, single portion (or less) quiche, and a little vegetarian pie (also a small single portion) that looked like it might be a lot nicer than it was in reality.

  I then had another long rest where I read my book, and I am sure I had a snooze. Eventually I forced my self to do some work. Somehow it was past 4pm, and that did not give me a lot of time to get one more photo album of pictures taken at Chatt Fest of the band Don't Wake The Lion.
  Don't Wake The Lion is really an accumulation of musicians, often different, who support Rob Todd - pictured above. As can be seen, he likes his theatrics. The mask came into use after he had a bad allergic reaction to the face paint he was using running into his eyes on a very hot and sweaty day.
  When playing without a lead guitar player, Rob will often climb on tables or chairs to playing his screaming and screechy guitar, and it is now part of his act even when just singing.
  On this occasion there was a big supporting band - two guitarists, a bass player, a keyboard singer, and his co-singer Louisa. On this occasion he used that famous (in his own lunchtime) drummer Vince Lighning.

  I finally finished the complete photo album - 19 photos - after I had watched the BBC 6 O'clock news. I was able to half watch some Star Trek after the news, but I was still busy finishing the photo album, and getting my camera bag ready for today.

  I think it was gone 10pm before I got to bed. I am not sure I slept that well. I seem to think it took a long time to get to sleep, and I did seem to have a few short periods of insomnia in the night, although the longest may have been no more than half an hour.

  It is possible my blood glucose was high during the evening because I did seem to drink a lot, although I am not sure I was actually thirsty, or just enjoying ice cold water and ice cold Diet Coke. The latter was because I finished the previous bottle mid way through the evening, and I was not drinking much of it when it was warm.

  Regardless of the reason for it, I drank enough to ensure I would be waking up for a pee every 1 to 3 hours, although that was not the actual intention. In fact I am not sure I passed as much as I drank. The only thing I can say is that my timing was fairly good - I woke up for a pee at around 5am, and while I was up I turned on the heater. As my room started to warm up I seemed to enter even deeper sleep.

  I ended up getting up later than I intended. I had a pee, and weighed myself. I had seemed to have put on 300gm. That was not good, but fortunately, after I had counted out my drugs and vitamins for the day I felt the need for another pee, and it was not a trivial amount. That took my weight down enough so my recorded weight for the day is exactly the same as yesterday. It is a shame I never had a poo as well !

  My blood chemistry seems even odder this morning, although some of it may be because I had only made a tiny pin prick, and had to really squeeze my finger to get sufficient blood out to check the glucose level. The Contour meter had the first taste of blood, and it said my blood glucose level was a fantastic 6.7mmol/l. I never expected to see a reading that low, but the other two meters made up for it. The GlucoRX meter read 8.1mmol/l, and the Contour Plus meter read 8.2mmol/l - both pretty good readings, but my current target is 7.5mmol/l.

  I was slightly delayed this morning by a series of messages from Angela who is very worried about Michael. I explained how Michael is headed for some sort of breakdown as he runs himself ragged trying to supervise everything that happens to his seriously demented wife. She has had 4 visits to hospital in the last week, and he has tried to supervise each visit, and stay with her there. He is very sleep deprived, and that is doing his mental health no good. The saddest thing is that he knows he is doing wrong, but he can't help himself.

  My life is going to be very busy today. very soon now I am going to have to shave, wash my hair, and get dressed ready to go out. My destination s Petts Wood for the Petts Wood Calling music festival. As can be seen there will be bands on from 12:30 to at least 10pm - when I think there is a noise curfew on. I am not sure how long I will last today. Last weekend provided some practice, but even so, I was still giving up not long after 6pm.

   I don't think I will like them that much, but at 7.45pm there is BBLB on - The Blues Brothers Little Brother. They are a Blues Brothers tribute band. The original film was good, but there was a lot more to it than the music. To me, the music is only enjoyable in small doses. I will see if I can hold out long enough to get a few snaps of them, and then go and find a train home. At least through all this I have a backstage pass, and can go and rest when I like in The Green Room - where there are also proper toilets !