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Saturday 25th July 2026
08:47 BST

  Yesterday started with sunny spells, but they seemed to finish at about 3pm to leave 3 hours when it was slightly dull. The sunny spells resumed later, and continued until sunset. The afternoon reached a slightly sticky 27° C.
 BBC_weather forecast
  After a fairly fresh start to the day, 17° C at 7am, full sunshine should warm the day up to 27° C at 3pm, and then some sunny spells may raise the temperature to 28° C by 5pm. After that the temperature will slowly fall, but by 3am it will still be 19° C. Tomorrow will see a change in the weather. It will be a much cloudier day with a small chance of rain for most of the morning, and very high chance for 11am tomorrow. The temperature will reach a peak of 25° C quite late in the afternoon, and from 5pm there could be 3 hours of sunny spells.

  Yesterday was another day where I seemed very busy doing very little. Probably the most real use of my time was to go shopping. A lot of other stuff was to do with preparing to go out to Chattfest today.

  It felt good to get out to do some shopping in Tesco. I bought some stuff I needed, and some stuff I may have done better not to buy, but did anyway. The one item I am annoyed I forgot was a 4 pack of small cans of sugar free (or low sugar) baked beans. The walk to and from Tesco was OK, but it was enough that when combined with having some breakfast, I did not feel like going out again. I could have gone out to sit my the river with Margaret, but I felt both slightly tired, and not having the time to spare.

  My one big project (although "project" makes it sound rather grand) was to top up the batteries for the two cameras I am taking to Chattfest today. I also selected the lenses, and gave the lenses a quick wipe with a special lens cloth to remove any dust. Then I had to fit everything in one of my camera carrying rucksacks. I got everything in, but not in a very neat fashion like you see in sales brochures - although they usually only show one camera and a selection of lenses. Getting two big and bulky cameras in neatly is not so easy. Plus in the sales brochure they usually show the camera without a lens attached - I leave the lenses I will be using on te cameras, and that makes for two bulky shapes.

  I think I ate too much yesterday, although maybe I didn't. This morning I have already eaten some breakfast, and I didn't check my blood glucose before eating. I must make a point of doing that tomorrow morning. I did eat some ice cream, and some fruit for extra fibre in my diet yesterday, and both could have increased my blood glucose a lot unless the Ozempic drug I am injecting is starting to help my blood glucose like Mounjaro did.

  My intention was to get an early night, last night, but I watched the same old TV programmes, and I didn't go to bed until gone 10pm. I read for a bit, and I know I turned out the light at exactly 11pm - and so not an early night at all. Maybe if I had tried earlier I might have taken a long time to get to sleep, but I think at 11pm I fell asleep very quickly. I don't think I remember anything until I woke up at about 5am needing a pee.

  I almost got up at 5am, but after taking screen shots of the weather forecasts, and weighing myself, I went back to bed. I did get some sleep, maybe in short segments, before getting up properly closer to 8am - a bit later than intended. Since than I have had one small packet of instant noodles for breakfast. I didn't think I should try and do a long day of photography on a completely empty stomach. Besides which, breakfast seemed to trigger the need for a poo. I knew I needed one, but nothing seemed to be moving. I think I am comfortable now.

  This feels like a good time to stop writing, and upload this to my web server. I still need to wash my hair, and have a shower before going out. The first band on at Chattfest is at 1pm, and for once I would liken to get there before they start. In Saturday traffic through Bromley it could take a full hour door to door (there is a 6 minute walk to the bus stop here, and maybe a 10 or more minute wait for the bus, plus a 6 minute walk when I get off the bus on the other side of Bromley. Hopefully and hour will be enough, and that means leaving here before midday, and maybe 11:30am to be on the safe side. Tomorrow I may only have time for a brief description of today, but I'll see what I can manage.
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