22.04.2026

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  Wednesday 22nd 45F/7.2C [8.20] Another sunny day. Peaking at 16C/61F this afternoon. Another white, overnight frost.

 Up at 4am and 7.20. I was wide awake. With things going around in my head. It felt rather too warm in the room. [22C] I went back to bed until 5.30. 

 My back doesn't feel so bad so far. I should try a walk.

 10.00 I only managed 100m before hobbling back home. 

  

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21.04.2026 Limping wounded.

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  Tuesday 21st 36F/2C. All day sunshine. Breezy from the NE. Peaking at 12C this afternoon.

 Up at 6.45 after a fairly quiet night. 

 My English friend is coming to me today. To check out the new toy. [Heat pump] He has years of experience with different heating systems and monitoring their performance and costs via various apps. The Panasonic wireless app seems not to apply to my unit. I haven't explored this beyond finding the wireless button is missing from the remote control. 

 Meanwhile I have some tidying to do.

 12.00 My visitor has left with a positive report on the heat pump. I immediately switched it off and opened the internal greenhouse windows and door. To warm the house free of charge. It had reached 100F/38C out there. Despite the single layer of commercial shade net. 

 16.25 55F/13C. It is still 93F/34C out in the greenhouse. The room is at 22C/72F. I have to shop in the village. I shall go in the car. It won't take long. 

 16.45 Back again despite the queues. 

 Once the sun has sunk out of sight I restarted the heat pump. Currently 72F/22C with all the internal doors open. I have used the remote to point the vanes/blades at the ceiling. Rather than the floor. Just to see how it feels at my computer. Warm! 

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. I forgot to buy more cherry tomatoes.

 

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20.04.2026 Inactivity! Director's Cut.

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  Monday 20th 42F/5.6C [8.50] Bright overcast. Sunshine promised. Slow start in the SW. Becoming rather breezy from the NE. Room at 21C/70F. Greenhouse at 53F/12C.

 A fox poked its nose into the garden in the dark. The light on the camera put it off and it turned tail. 

 Up at 7.25 after earlier failures to light the damp squib. Back still hurting but not so bad. I have been browsing instead of going for a walk.

 Three hours later my back is fine until I try to move from my chair. Then it is agony. The sun has come out. The trees and hedges are moving in the wind. Petals from the plum and cherry trees are drifting.

 My HP printer has died. It won't feed paper at all now. After some earlier hesitancy and refusal. 

 In the afternoon I drove into the village for bread and pastry. Which meant hobbling the entire length [both ways] of the huge supermarket building.  

 Dinner was mashed potato, sausage rolls and fried mushrooms. I washed up while it cooked. 

 

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