Yesterday could have been another
wasted day, but fortunately the
meagre information supplied by
Evri about my parcel delivery
convinced me I would be safe
dropping my guard during the
morning.
After I finished writing
yesterday I laid on my bed to read
for a while, and might have even
had a snooze, but I don't think I
did because things were a bit of a
rush, or something like that. I
periodically checked Evri's web
site to see if there was any news
about my new (secondhand) Firewire
external hard drive I had bough
via Ebay.

I took this screenshot at
5.40pm, and at 16:41 it finally
said my parcel was at the delivery
depot. It was too late to go out
then, but hopefully, once the
courier has got out of bed, he
will deliver it later today. Prior
to that last bit of information it
just said they were processing it
at their hub (presumably some
local hub).
Knowing that it hadn't even
left the delivery depot, and even
when it did, it could be at least
an hour, and probably several
hours before it would get here, I
felt safe to have a shower and
wash my hair. Once I was clean I
went out to get some shopping from
Tesco.
I was mostly buying stuff
from Tesco for my 4 days of a low
fibre diet. The info I got from
the hospital said white bread was
OK, and so was cheese. I therefore
bought 4 pannini rolls, and 4
Scotch rolls (the nearest I could
get to some nice crusty roll. I
also bought a pack of ready sliced
Cheddar cheese.
Another thing that I can
eat is ice cream. I bought two
900ml tubs of plain vanilla ice
cream, and at least one meal I
have during the 4 days is going to
be nothing but ice cream. The
Tesco plain vanilla ice cream has
Sodium Alginate in it, and that
slows down sugar absorption, and
so it does not badly affect my
blood glucose readings - although
for the four days of my low fibre
diet I will worry about getting
painfully constipated rather than
my blood glucose readings.
Hopefully, at the end of the 4
days when I take the super strong
laxative, it will as the tin says,
completely flush my bowels out !
I did buy stuff for more
immediate use in Tesco. It
included some ready made
sandwiches - some of which I had
for lunch. I also bought a quiche,
and I guess I'll be eating that
today. One other purchase was a
bag of reduced price potatoes. A
few may be big enough for baking,
but baked potatoes are not allowed
as a low fibre food, but boiled
potatoes are. I presume that to be
low fibre I will have to cut the
skins off. It must be many years,
maybe almost 40 years, since I
last bothered to cut the skin off.
I just wash them, and maybe use a
stiff brush to get any stubborn
mud (for instance) off. I think
the skins give extra flavour, and
may even be good for you. I might
wait until my 4 day diet is over,
and have the potatoes the way I
like them.
The walk to and from Tesco
was OK. I think it might have been
towards the end of the walk there
that I felt some mild discomfort
from my ankles, but I think, or
hope, that is now wearing off as I
do more walking. The main
discomfort, if you can call it
that, was that I was feeling quite
hungry when I got home. I didn't
waste time stuffing myself with
the sandwiches I bought.
I spent the rest of the
afternoon just being lazy. I laid
on my bed reading a lot, and I am
fairly sure I had a short snooze.
I would also get off my bed at
least once an hour to see if there
was any news on the Evri website.
As noted above to was 4.41pm when
it finally said my parcel had
reached the delivery depot. That
was late enough that I knew it
would not be delivered yesterday,
and I could stand down from my
state of high alert.

It was only 10 minutes or
less, after taking the screen shot
of the Evri web site , that we had
a power outage. It lasted about 10
minutes. It is quite a rare thing
to have a power outage here, but
this was the second in 3 or 4
months, and it seemed to be caused
by a high voltage (33kV ?) cable
fault in the same place as the
last power cut 3 or 4 months ago.
The National Power website
has a feature where it will
provide some limited information
about power cuts. It said it was
caused by a cable fault in a high
voltage feeder, and showed a map
of the area affected, and well as
where the fault happened.
It was interesting to study
the map. My initial thought was
that the fault must have been
where new cables were installed a
few years ago. They were half a
mile south of where it is shown on
the map on the left. Those now
cables had to be tunnelled under
both the Pool River and the
railway line - both could cause
damage to a substandard
connection/joint in the cables. I
didn't realise there were other
buried cables under the Linear
Park.
The position
indicated would mean the cables
would have to have gone under the
viaduct of the Catford Loop Line.
Then under the Mid Kent railway
line (to Hayes, Kent), as well as
possible under the River
Ravensbourne and Pool River. I
feel it is unlikely the cable
would run there, and so I wonder
if my guess of half a mile to the
south is actually wrong. I don't
know when it might be, possibly on
Sunday, but I want to do a walk
into the Linear Park to see what I
can see. If It does not feel too
bad I might attempt a three mile
walk.
Once the power resumed, at
just before 6pm, it was time to
cook my dinner. It was to be a
Chicken curry ready meal. It was
only a mild one and so I added
some hot pepper sauce. It still
was not that hot, but even mild
warmth was enough to sort of
justify some plain vanilla ice
cream as a dessert. During dinner
I watched some TV, and I found
enough TV to amuse me for the rest
of (my) evening.
I think it was only about
10pm, and possibly even 9pm when I
turned off the TV and went to bed
to read for half an hour. As far
as I can remember, once I put the
book down and turned out the
light, I was asleep in less than
10 minutes. On the whole I slept
well, but I did wake up several
times to have a pee. On one of
those occasions I though I also
needed a poo, but it turned out to
be a lot of wind.
I know I had one or more
dreams, but I suspect they may
have been a bit boring because I
can't remember a think about them
now. That is a bit odd because I
am sure I can remember waking up
and thinking I must describe a bit
of the dream I had just had, but I
have no idea what it was all about
now.
This morning I appear to
have gained 400gm since yesterday,
but maybe it would be less if I
managed to have a poo. I am unsure
if it feels like I need to have
one or not. My blood glucose
readings were good enough. The
average of all three was 6.93
mmol/l, and while that is a bit
higher than yesterday, it is still
fairly good. I think I am
quite happy with my current blood
pressure of 114/48 (although some
say that the diastolic pressure,
48, is maybe a little lower than
desirable).
Today is currently nice and
sunny, and sunny spells should
continue into the afternoon. That
means I could do several outdoor
things, but it is all overruled by
the expectation of my parcel
delivery some tome today by Evri.
As I type this (10:48am) it is
still at the final delivery depot.
If it magically appeared in the
next hour I could be free to go
for a walk through the park to The
Jolly Farmers, or I could walk
through the Linear Park to see if
there is any sign of any
disturbance where the cable fault,
that caused yesterday's power
outage is located.
I think that it is unlikely
that my parcel will arrive in time
to do any walks in the sunshine.
Plus there is a sort of reason why
a long walk may not be a good
idea. There is the tiniest
possibility that I might go out
this evening to see a Chain gig in
The Swan pub in West Wickham. The
chances are that even if I could
go I probably wouldn't. The truth
is that I only see it as a chance
to take some photos. I think I
have forgotten how to enjoy gigs
just for the music now. It is a
bit sad, but there you go !