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Saturday 1st August 2026
08:23 BST

  Yesterday was quite a sunny day, better than recent days, but the afternoon only reached 24° C. It felt comfortably warm, and not too sweaty.
 BBC_weather forecast
  Today has started out feeling slightly chilly, but the sky is mostly clear, and the sun is shining. It may continue to shine until 3pm when we may only get sunny spells. This afternoon may only see 25° C, but that is pleasantly warm. It looks like tonight will be another cold night with the temperature dropping to 16° C by 4am, but that may be the lowest it goes. Tomorrow is predicted to be similar to today - full sunshine until mid morning, and then a mix of full sunshine and mainly sunny spells. The afternoon may be a little warmer than today, peaking at 26° C.

  Yesterday was another day where not a lot happened. Stuff might have happened, although I am not sure what, if I hadn't been waiting in for a parcel delivery from Amazon.

  Two things I was going to do was to have a shower, and go shopping in Tesco, but as usual I was paranoid about missing the Amazon delivery. It is probably no more than one time in 50 that Amazon will deliver in the very early afternoon (and I think the once managed a delivery before midday, but that was so rare it might have even been a hallucination.
Panama hat

  The delivery actually happened at about 4.30pm, and it was two new Panama hats. I was not sure which of several I liked, and so I bought two. I think the first I tried on seemed good enough to wear today at Petts Wood calling if the sun is beating down like it did at last Saturday's Chattfest. I do not want my head to be blistered again like it was last Saturday.

  I must admit, having very rarely worn a hat, and when I did it was a Youngs Triple A beer baseball style hat, I was not sure what size I wanted. I measure around my head just above my ears, and ordered the nearest size to that. As shown in the picture, I can wear the hat, but I wonder if it might have been better if it was a tiny bit bigger. On the other hand, being a bit tight is probably a good thing to stop the wind blowing it off my head.

  I'll admit that this hat (and the spare I bought) have got me thinking. If it seems OK wearing a hat, I might consider a different sort of hat for winter. Maybe something like a cowboy hat, although there are many shapes and sizes that could be described as a cowboy hat. I don't actually want to look like a cowboy, but a semi wide brim may be good to keep the low in the sky sun out of my eyes, and maybe it might help keep my ears warm in frosty, sleety, and snowy weather. Before making any decisions I'll see how I get on with this hat first.

  I am just trying to think what to add about what happened yesterday, or today as I actually write this for "publication" tomorrow. It makes keeping track of the tenses, past, present and future, tricky - particularly as I feeling tired and hope to be fast asleep in bed before too long.

  I think the most important thing about yesterday (Friday) is not what I did, but what I didn't do. I most definitely wanted to go shopping for some supplies - a few of which would have been to take to Petts Wood Calling to keep me going through a long day. I would probably have got a few small, but high calorie, and probably high sugar things - maybe some things like Caramel bars. I could still have gone to Tesco after my hats were delivered, but maybe all the waiting had knocked the enthusiasm out of me.

  I think I plan to leave a bit earlier to get my train, and go to the Sainsbury's local store by Catford station. They should have all I need for during the day. Maybe I will get some fried chicken and chips for when I get home.

  I am actually writing most of this on Friday night, and it is because I may not have much time to write in the morning. My aim is to write about the weather, and then finish. Then I can get ready to get the train to Shortlands station where I get off the train and wait about 4 minutes for the next train to Petts Wood station. I aim to get there at about midday so I can be ready to watch and take snaps of the first band on at 12:30.

  I think I have probably written enough about yesterday, and my plans for today. All I have to do in the morning is do the weather forecast stuff, and then I can upload this to my server.
 
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