There has been at least one light shower this morning, and together with the dull grey light, it seems like today may not be actually horrible, but it will not be a pleasant day. The afternoon may reach 24° C for a single hour, but 23° C would be more representative for the afternoon. The evening could see some sunny spells, but otherwise it seems like it will be a grey day.....actually, the latest revision shows full sunshine for 8 and 9pm !  Tomorrow should feature a lot more sunshine, or sunny spells, and the afternoon could reach 27° C.

  I don't think I can describe yesterday as a good day, but then again it was not a bad day either. it was probably boringly normal - some good bits, some bad bits, and one infuriating bit !

  My bath was still blocked by my two big builders type buckets with laundry in one of them, and so I could not use the bath for a shower or wash my hair yesterday morning. That crimped my ideas for going out more than the dull, but dry, weather yesterday. I had in mind the idea of taking a camera out to get some train pictures in the London and Essex area. That never happened.

  I had a remarkably lazy morning, but early in the afternoon I did finish rinsing the two hand towels I had been washing. I possibly gave up a couple of rinses short of ideal, but the rinse eater seemed clear enough, and I hung the towels up to dry in the back bedroom with the window open. There was a slight breeze, and it seemed like it should be good enough to dry those towels.

  I can't seem to remember if I did that before or after lunch, but I am fairly sure it would have been before lunch because that hard work would be uncomfortable with a gut full of food. My lunch would have been fairly filling because I had two deli style rolls (soft mini batons) filled with grilled bacon and tomato sauce. They should have tasted really good, but I was quite disappointed with the taste. I think more bacon was needed.

  I was having a very lazy afternoon when I thought I would check to see if the towels were drying OK. They were drying, but all was not OK. It was the merest hint until I checked more closely, but I found that both towels were getting really stinky as they dried. One, as I think I said yesterday, was from the kitchen, and there had been grease and other food juices on it. I reckoned that was the source of the stink. There was nothing I could try except to put them back into a big bucket filled with water and Dettol. I hope that will have been the cure, but I'll be doing more rinsing and wringing out today.

  There were two things I did yesterday afternoon, and both were towards the evening. One was to prepare my dinner ready to be eaten at 6pm. It was not a very healthy option, but seemed to be fairly low in sugar content. It was quite a heap of grilled chicken wings - maybe 50% meat and 50% bones. They seemed tasty enough, but I don't think I'll be buying another box of them. I had some pistachio ice cream as a dessert, and that definitely had sugar in it, but maybe not as much as you might think.

  It was still light, but getting dim when I went to close the window in the back bedroom. I had left it open to help dry the towels (before I realised they were getting very smelly), but I had an idea it might rain in the night, and I thought it prudent to part close it. As I looked out the window I saw Cous Cous (the cat previously known as "fluffy cat"), and he saw me. I presume he was hungry because he had not eaten at least for the last 5 minutes.

  He started walking along the fence while looking up and meowing at me. When he reached next doors kitchen extension he effortlessly leapt up onto the coping stones along the edge of the wall, and from there he leapt across the void to the windowsill of the window I was looking out, and all the time he was singing songs to me. The bottom of the window was closed, and I had to open it to let him in. If you can see and watch the embedded window it explains his route a bit better.