going to be another wet day, although the rain is not supposed to start until midday. It is a fairly cool morning, just 7 ° C, but the wet afternoon should see 12° C.  Tomorrow may start at 6° C, but there may be full sunshine for a few hours. The afternoon temperature should rise to 13° C, and possibly 14° C for one single hour, 5pm (or maybe part of it). It may stay dry until 9pm, and even after that only light rain or fine drizzle is predicted.

  Yesterday was a  good and a bland day, or maybe that should be bland day with some good bits. Ultimately it was, like many recently, and maybe not so recently, a bad day, but that was only to do with my health. My day, and the effects this morning, and other notes from this morning, is more fully described, with one picture of a cat, in my complete archived page for today.

  Today is forecast to be almost a replay of yesterday.  There have been a few brief brighter periods this morning, but it seems to be settling in to grey and cloudy now. The forecast rain for 7 and 8am didn't happen (as far as I was aware), but rain this afternoon seems very likely. It might even be possible that there could be a thunderstorm at 7pm. This afternoon will only be 11° C - which doesn't seem quite warm enough to trigger a thunderstorm. Oddly enough, the latest revision to the forecast does not show any thunderstorms. Tomorrow may well follow the same pattern as te last couple of days - dull morning and wet afternoon. Maybe tomorrow afternoon may see 12° C despite the rain.

  Yesterday was another of those rather bland days where little happened.  I'm not sure I can claim I did anything useful yesterday except for one thing that was both good and bad at the same time. It was to do with eating and the results this morning ! There is a fuller description of my day, plus a video (if your browser will play it - most do), plus notes about this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  Today has started with a few sunny spells, and there is one at the moment. That is surprising because most of the sky is a mix of grey and greyer clouds. Sooner or later there will be rain, and if the forecast reflects reality there could be light rain from 11am until 9pm (now shown as from 9am to 10pm in the latest revision). The afternoon will only be 12° C. It seems it is still too early to put away the heaters ! Tomorrow could start at just 7° C, and rather grey. Rain is again forecast, and it may fall from midday to 9pm. Tomorrow afternoon may see a couple of hours at 13° C - so very slighly warmer than today, but in the rain it will hardly be noticeable.

  Yesterday mostly reflected the weather - it was a mostly dull day. There was one short bit of excitement when the man from Amazon turned up at my front door. The rest of my day, plus the usual notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  This morning started with a clear sky, sunshine and some patches of frost. The sunshine should have turned to sunny spells by now, but the cloud seems broken enough that a sunny spell seems to be able to last a long time (so far this morning). We may well lose even any sunny spells by 11am, but they may resume at 6pm until sunset. The afternoon is going to be dull, but it should reach 15° C, and with wind from the west, usually a warm direction, it may feel as pleasant as can be under a miserable grey sky. Tonight will not be as cold as last night. Tomorrow may start at 9° C, and possibly with a short sunny spell. Most of tomorrow will feature light showers, and the afternoon temperature may not rise above 13° C, and then only for an hour or two.

  Yesterday started off moderately good, despite the dull weather and the correct threat of rain. The day, if 3am this morning counts as the end of today, ended up very badly. The middle of all that was often not too bad, and maybe even slightly good (in a way). The complete entry for today can be read from my archive, and it contains a lot more words than usual - 2,148 words in total, and that includes some notes about this morning.

  Maybe the light rain I thought I saw mentioned in one or another forecast was actually in today's forecast ! We had a bright and sunny start that lasted all of 5 minutes, but it has been grey since then. From 10am until 3pm we could see light rain. After that there may be a few random sunny spells until sunset. The afternoon temperature will only reach 10° C, but  it should rise to 12° C by 4pm. There will be a strong breeze today, and it will be coming from the north. That will make it feel much colder. By 3am tomorrow morning it will be really cold - just 3° C ! By 6am tomorrow it may have risen to 4° C, and by 3pm the temperature should peak to 16° C. Tomorrow morning could be sunny, but the afternoon probably grey and miserable.

  Yesterday was both good and bad - otherwise known as bland, but not unpleasant. I had just finishing washing the beer glasses, ready for the mid afternoon beer tasting, when my phone rang. It was Jodie, and from the sound of her first hello I could tell something was wrong. I even correctly guessed what was wrong - she had another dose of the runs, and didn't dare leave the vicinity of her toilet. It meant the afternoon beer tasting session was cancelled. The remains of my day, plus my health measurements and plans this morning, are all described in my complete archived page for today.

  I'm sure we had a sunny spell recently, but the forecast says the only sunny spell today will be at 8pm - just before the sun sets. I can see a few tiny patches of blue to the north, but none to the south. Maybe we might get another sunny spell at some random time. A few hours show a low chance of rain, and midday has a 28% chance. It will still probably be dry. It is also going to be cool compared to recent days. This afternoon may see just 15° C .  By midnight it could be down to 7° C, and still falling. Tomorrow may start at a chilly 6° C, but it will be sunny for a few hours, but by 11am it could start to rain, and continue to 3pm. The rain will hold the temperature down to 11° C, but when the rain stops it could rise to 12° C.
  Yesterday Could have been good, and good because it was also bad. That will be explained later with the aid of some pictures. The most significant thing is that I went out for a walk, but it was shorter than intended, and that was a good thing ! All is explained, or described, in my complete archived page for today. It also includes some notes about this morning.

  It is nice and sunny now, but a lot of the sky is more a very light, milky grey rather than blue. I guess the sunshine is a tiny bit hazy. Maybe the sun will burn off the haze, and we will get full strength sunshine, but it does seem to be leaving it a bit late. Once again, today should be completely dry, and with an afternoon temperature of 19° C, it is looking to be a very nice day. Everything changes tomorrow. The whole day is forecast to be dull, and with a 10% chance of rain from sunrise to about 3pm, but the whole day should actually be dry. Tomorrow afternoon may only see 15° C, but under a sullen grey sky that may almost feel cold.   Yesterday felt like it was a sort of bland day. I don't think I felt depressed at any time, but I think I acted as if I was depressed. I definitely had no get up and go. You can read the full description of all that happened (or didn't) yesterday, plus read some notes about this morning, in my complete archived page for Saturday 9th May 2026.

  I can see some patches of blue sky, and a bit earlier one patch was in the right place to let in a few rays of sunshine, but since then it has been slightly dull. Sunny spells are forecast from 5 and 6pm, and two hours of full sunshine for 7 and 8pm - when the sun is so low on the horizon it makes little difference.  The afternoon should see 17° C and a brief excursion to 18° C at 5pm. The whole day should be dry. Tonight the sky may be clear, and it will be colder than recent nights. Tomorrow could start at a fairly chilly 10° C, but the day should start with full sunshine, and that may only end by 11am. It will be followed by 4 hours of sunny spells. A couple of hours later there could be more sunny spells until sunset. Tomorrow afternoon could be a warm 19° C.   Yesterday was a moderately good day, but it had it's ups and downs. One up and down was recognising a problem, and the cure for it. The evening boozing was another up and down. I'll try and explain this if can. That explanation, and other stuff, including notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

   Like yesterday, this morning has started with better than sunny spells - full sunshine (although it might just be a very long sunny spell). There are many patches of blue sky, and the sunny spells could last longer than the forecast predicts. It is possible we may see light showers at midday and 1pm. The afternoon temperature may reach 15° C, and while slightly disappointing, is a couple of degrees better than yesterday. The rest of the afternoon may be dry, but the latest update now shows light rain for most of the afternoon, and the Met Office forecast also agrees with that. Tomorrow may start with some sunny spells, but the afternoon may see drizzle. At 6pm the clouds may break up to let some sunshine in, and the last hours of daylight could see full sunshine. Tomorrow afternoon could see 17 and 18° C.   Yesterday was one of those fairly rare days when I had a complete change of plan for the day. I just hope I made the right decision. The original plan was probably going to be a disappointment, but the new plan allowed me to do one semi important thing, and it ended up as a satisfactory, if not actually good day. The complete description of my day, plus some notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

   There are some sunny spells now, but it seems they will not last long, and from 11am it will get sometimes dull, and sometimes very dull. It is also going to be rather cool. Just 13° C is forecast for the afternoon.At 5pm there is a 30% chance of rain, but the chances are it will be dry all day long. Tomorrow could see a few sunny spells, but there will probably be more spells of light rain (sometimes just drizzle). On the other hand, tomorrow could be warmer than today, although the afternoon may only reach 15° C. Friday and Saturday may be wet, but not as wet as forecast a few days ago.
  The BBC displaying it's fetish for thunderstorms - thunderstorms that very rarely actually happen on the day. Saturday and Sunday will feature rain, but at the moment it is forecast to be mostly drizzle on Saturday, and mostly intermittent light rain on Sunday, and definitely no thunderstorms !

  Yesterday started with the aftermath of the tachycardia attack I had in the night. By the morning it was starting to improve, and by the afternoon all was back to normal. The more complete description of my day, plus the usual notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.

   The forecast claims that there should be some sunny spells as I write this, but I can't see any significant gaps in the very light grey clouds. It seems it will be dull all day long, but it should be dry. The afternoon may reach 17° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to be another fairly light grey day (possibly). No rain is forecast, and not a single ray of sunshine is forecast. The afternoon will be cooler than of late, and the peak temperature may be a single hour of 14° C at 2pm.

  Yesterday was a sort of bland day - neither good nor bad. I could and maybe should have gone out, but the grey looking sky put me off - and after all, rain was forecast for the afternoon even if it didn't happen. The full description of my day can be read in my complete archived page for today, and it includes some notes about this morning.

   It is very grey at the moment, and by 2pm it could be raining, although only light rain is predicted. (4 or 5 days ago the BBC were predicting an afternoon of thunderstorms). The afternoon temperature may reach 18° C, and maybe that is a couple of degrees short of "brewing up" a thunderstorm. The rain may finish at 10pm, and by midnight the temperature may still be 12° C, and the latest update says it will be raining then. Tomorrow may feature a few isolated sunny spells, but most of the day will be dull, but dry. Tomorrow afternoon may only see 17° C.

  Yesterday was yet another mix of good, bad but mostly indifferent. The highlight of the day was a delivery from Amazon. The afternoon beer tasting session was reasonably OK, and much of the rest of the day was indifferent. The long version of what I did yesterday can be read in my complete archived page for today, and includes notes about this morning.

   The forecast does not show any sunshine this morning, and yet it is bright and sunny as I write this, and I think it has been for the last hour. I can see lots of blue sky with some patches of white cloud, and it looks like there is a fair chance of the sunshine, or at least sunny spells, continuing for some time yet. The forecast says rain will resume at 2pm, but it may finish at 7pm. The afternoon may still reach a pleasant 19° C for a short time. Tomorrow is forecast to be generally dull, and there could be light rain from mid afternoon onwards. Tomorrow will also be cooler with just 17° C predicted for the afternoon.

  Yesterday had it's good bits, and bad bits, although the bad bits were really neutral rather than actually bad. There was one bad thing that I'll come to later - it was my own fault, even if I did not realise it at the time....although I should have. My complete diary entry for today can be read as my archived page. It includes some notes about this morning.

   The sky seems clear enough, as I write this, that the current sunny spell seems to be a very long spell, and could be mistaken for full sunshine. Admittedly, there does seem to be a lot of white cloud on the northern horizon. Maybe by 11am we will officially see full sunshine for 2 hours. By 2pm the temperature should have risen to 21° C, but from 3pm we may see light rain for the rest of the day (except 7pm which may see heavy rain). Some days ago the BBC were predicting thunderstorms today, but no longer. Ooops, just refreshed the forecast, and the BBC now say thunderstorms at 6pm. The BBC do love to predict thunderstorms that very rarely seem to happen. After some early morning drizzle, tomorrow morning may be mostly dry, but rain my return at 2pm. It should only be light rain, but it may last for the rest of the day. Tomorrow may only see a high of 18° C, but even that is not too bad.

  My preoccupation for a lot of yesterday was waiting for my parcel delivery from Aliexpress, being delivered by Evri. It was a mild annoyance (until it arrived) on a day that was not terribly dynamic, but did have a few good points, and one, almost expected, bad thing. This is sort of explained in the complete archived copy of today's diary entry. It also includes a few notes about this morning.

   Until 4pm, today should be better than yesterday. Once again full sunshine and the afternoon temperature reaching a predicted 23° C. From 4pm there may be enough cloud to change the sunshine to just sunny spells, but it will only cool off a bit, ad like yesterday, midnight should still be 13° C. Tomorrow will see the return of rain, but not until the early evening. There should be sunny spells until about 4pm, and then at 5pm the rain may start. Unlike the BBC's prediction of several days ago, there seems to be no hints of any thunderstorms, although some of the rain may be heavy for a few hours.

  Yesterday was not a very exciting day, although we had some beer tasting in the late afternoon/early evening. After it got dark I could see a big bright moon, and maybe it was full, or perhaps it was still a day away from full, but whatever, I didn't bother to take any pictures of it. My full account of yesterday, and some notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.