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Sunday 2nd August 2026
08:59 BST

  Yesterday started with full sunshine, but by about 3pm it was reduced to sunny spells. The afternoon reached 25° C, and that was warm enough for a bit of a damp brow, but my new straw Panama hat seemed to keep my head fairly cool/
 BBC_weather forecast
  Today is going to be very similar to yesterday. Strong sunshine in the morning, but the afternoon may only see sunny spells. The last hours of daylight may feature clear skies and full sunshine again. The clear skies will give another fresh feeling night, and after 26° C in the afternoon, that may feel nice. Tomorrow may start at 17° C at 6am, but full sunshine will warm things up quite quickly, and the full sunshine should last until 3pm. By then the temperature may reach a sizzling 30° C. Once the sun sets it wont cool down that much, and tomorrow night, and the early hours of the next day may still be a sticky 20° C

  Yesterday was dominated by Petts Wood calling. I got there before the first band were on stage, and before the Mayor of Bromley had got up on stage to start the proceedings.

  Very briefly, because it is getting late, and I haven't even got my cameras out of my special ruck sack to see what sort of pictures I took, I can say I had a good time. There were a couple of bands I didn't care for. One was a Chas And Dave tribute act. I've seen them before, and I can't stand that music, and so went to the pub for a single pint of Guinness. The other band I missed because I headed for home, was a Queen tribute act. I didn't fancy seeing them. Queen did do some great songs on the first couple of albums, but I lost interest after that.

  I managed to stay for about 8 hours on this occasion - at least an hour longer than I did the previous Saturday at Chatt Fest. This time I was wearing my new straw Panama hat, and it stopped my head getting frazzled in the sunshine. I also wore my other pair of Adidas trainers, and I hoped they would be more comfortable than the pair I wore last Saturday, but sadly not much. At least I was not in agony, but my feet were still pretty sore. To make matters worse, although it was probably just for the last bit of station to home, that my legs and ankles were hurting as well.

  Like last Saturday, I bought 3 pieces of fried chicken, and a single portion of "fries" on my way home, and although I did have some food at Petts Wood Calling, it was still a joy to tuck into that chicken and chips when I got home. I watched a bit of TV while I ate, and a bit more after, but I felt very fatigued - so much so that I tried to write something and my spells wandered off into fantasy land. I feel sure I went to bed by at least 10pm and maybe earlier. I laid my head down on the pillow, and assorted aches and stuff meant that it didn't seem like I would get to sleep.

  In fact I doubt I was awake for more than 5 minutes. I woke up at about 2.30am for a pee, but I was soon fast asleep again. Later on, around 7am (I think) I had one of those weird sort of morning where I stayed in bed half awake and half asleep.  I guess it was gone 8am when I finally got up and stayed up - quite late for me. Despite eating sandwiches and 3  or more KitKat bars, plus the fried chicken, my weight this morning was the same as yesterday morning. My blood glucose was quite pleasing. The average of the three meters was 8.5mmol/l - that used to be my unofficial target until I had a period when I made 7.5mmol/l my target, but it has been a long time since I have managed that.

  As of this moment I have two cameras crammed with pictures taken yesterday, and the cameras are still in my camera carrying ruck sack. It would be good to make a start at all teh selecting and editing of the pictures taken of the 7 bands I watched. I may easily have taken 50 snaps or more of each band on my main camera, and possibly the same again on my spare camera. I can imagine that I will be spending the next week photo editing, but today should be a beer tasting session with Jodie late this afternoon. If I can I might get in a visit to Tesco today.
 
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