20.06.2026 Wi-Fi Access Point.

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  Saturday 20th 66F/19C. Overcast, overnight rain. Thundery shower possible. Brightening later. Peaking at 26C/79F. 72F/22C in the room. 69F/21C in the greenhouse. The southern house windows are wet from rain blowing through the greenhouse skylights. I don't remember that ever happening before. 

 Up at 7am after a fair night attending the fire bucket. I have coughed a couple of times but nothing dramatic. I hope I am finally on the mend.

 8.00 My parcel arrived. I can play with the outdoor Wi-Fi and robot mower at last. 

 Hours later I am still struggling to make the new toy work. Meanwhile the software App will no longer launch. Probably password confusion. I deleted the app and it started working.

So I did a walk along the drive and around the West Lawn. To scan the Wi-Fi signal using the WiFiman app on my phone. This is with the new Access Point hanging upside down, upstairs on the landing. I really need a 20m network cable to reach a better position. Preferably outside, to avoid attenuation from the roof. 

Now I have to go shopping. Having run out of essentials. No rolls left for lunch and no milk.

 I went shopping and came back late. Had lunch and then felt fuzzy. Needed to lie down.

 The afternoon was spent trying different things with the Wi-Fi. Wandering up and down on the drive. The same old fart on the security cameras. Scanning for signal strength. With the Access Point in various positions.  

  

 

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19.06.2026 The sun has got his hat on.

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  Friday 19th 65F/18C [7.20] Bright overcast and breezy. A warm day with sunshine is promised. It could reach 28C/82F by late afternoon. A light southerly breeze. 

 Up at 6.45 after a fairly quiet night. I am only dizzy when I cough.

 Still no parcel containing Wi-Fi access point. When do deliberate lies about delivery times become blatant fraud? The website said 2-3days. It is now 6 days from ordering and no updates. Not since the delivery service changed their tracking notice yesterday. After admitting receipt of the parcel from the "remote warehouse" at around 14.00.   

 It gets worse! A DAO delivery car has just delivered a pamphlet but not the parcel. Did they forget? Was the parcel even in the small private car they were in? Customer service telephones open at 8am. I expect there will be a long queue. 

 One short phone call later: They must have used my phone number to trace the parcel. It might be delivered today or it might be delivered tomorrow. They couldn't say. Eeny meeny miny noe? 

 DAO has now updated with a message to say the parcel will be delivered over the weekend. Despite it being in their possession since Thursday. Despite their saying it wold be delivered yesterday. Despite saying it would be delivered overnight last night. Despite the fact they were delivering this very morning to my postbox. 

 11.30 78F/26C. Bright sunshine. It feels like an oven outside. The outdoor plants had a much needed drink. I have opened the end door to the greenhouse. To push some warm air out of the open skylights.

 I have also been trimming the overhanging hedges along the drive. Where they were encroaching over the roadway. Only as high as I could comfortably reach with the hedge trimmer from the ground. 

 The protruding branches were blocking the front security camera's view along the drive. I may move the camera further over the greenhouse. To improve the view towards the end of the drive. Which bends twice over its 100m length.. The limitation to moving the camera is the first greenhouse skylight. Not to mention my comfortable reach from a ladder. Of which I am increasingly wary. I could be lying there for days or nights if I fell. 

 Success! I can now see the far end of the drive to the T-junction. I'll move the camera further along when it isn't so hot. For a clearer view of the junction. To better monitor the robot mower. I may be able to fix the camera mounting even further along by opening a skylight and sliding it out of the way. 

 I am struggling to mount the camera so tight under the gutter. I ought to mount the camera on a scrap of plywood. Then it will be far easier to choose a spot for the camera. With the fixing screws already in place.

 12.15 I was suddenly dizzy. Too hot? Overdoing it? I have been sipping water for hydration. I lay down for ten minutes and the dizziness passed.

 I had a call from my contact at the County Council. She mentioned a safety telephone call system. A short morning call from volunteers to ensure all is well. For the elderly who live isolated and alone. She is going to visit me next week for a chat. 

 Dinner was fried chicken, mushrooms and tweggs on toast.  

 

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18.06.2026 Spinning.

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  Thursday 18th 59F/15C.[7.30] Overcast, brightening later and warming up. Reaching 23C/74F. Light westerly winds becoming breezier this afternoon. Gusting to around 8m/s. 66F/19C in the room. 62F/17C in the greenhouse.

 Up at 6.30 after a remarkably quiet night. After yesterday's long naps I feared hours of sleeplessness. I have coughed a couple of times but not that desperate trying to clear thick glue. 

A baby black elder. Planted by my babysitter. 

 I am expecting the delivery of a Wi-Fi Access Point. To boost the Wi-Fi signal out of doors for the robot mover. After initial tests I discovered that the mower could not reliably map the far reaches of the drive. The Wi-Fi signal hardly extended beyond the house. I could have used my mobile phone but decided against it.

 The router is now downstairs. Where once it was located upstairs in the rear dormer window. Of largely wooden construction and therefore transparent to radio waves. As was the observatory. Which gave me an excellent signal over in the dome. Now demolished and I have moved all the computer equipment downstairs. 

 According to the tracking the delivery company have yet to receive my parcel! Lies. damned lies and online sales platforms. The parcel arrived at the delivery agent's premises at 14.00 today! On the day of delivery! Here's a capture of the 2-3 days promised delivery on their own website. As part of an email AFTER I HAD PLACED MY ORDER! This is false advertising. 

 

 

 

 

 

I am still waiting for their promised email with dispatch details.

 As I was feeling a bit stronger today I have cleaned the pond filter of algae. The perforated cover has to be scrubbed with a stiff brush to make any progress. I used the hose and rinsed the internal filter mats as well. Then dropped the filter back into the greenhouse pond. I am now using the spray head to top up the pond. The level had dropped by 10cm due to evaporation. 

 I had a call from the Council heart physiotherapists in town. They want me to come in, next week, for a chat. Before deciding if I am ready for heavy exercise. My recent dizziness, coughing and heart problems are all being stored and shared in my online, health journal. 

 A truly valuable asset. Which avoids my having to update every new and existing contact. Moreover, I can read the journal myself online. To catch up on the professionals' reports when I am taken to hospital and released. I can also see my latest medication. 

 Which is often updated in the light of my changing health issues. Then communicated to the chemists. They can access my information on production of my health insurance card and verbal permission. The card is also a form of ID and readily accepted. The serial number includes one's date of birth. I have nothing but praise for the Danish health service and its use of technology. The staff are always so professional, helpful and kind. 

 Even the free parking at the hospital includes online registration of arrival. On a computer screen at all the relevant, outpatient clinics. Arrival at the doctors surgery is registered via a scan of the same health insurance card. The monitor calls you by name, time of your appointment and asks you to take a seat. No queuing at the receptionists window.

 It is all so effortless. Teenagers asking for cigarettes and booze at the supermarket are asked to show their card to prove their age. I have never, ever heard anyone complain about invasion of privacy. We were miles from home once and stopped at a routine police checkpoint. This was outside a vast, annual, car boot sale. I showed them my Welsh Driving License and they began to question my identity. The printed language was completely alien to them. So I showed them my insurance card and was waved cheerfully on. We belonged.  

 I started feeling dizzy so lay down for an hour. I am wondering if I need me eyesight checked. In relation to the time I spend on the computer. I chose a weaker prescription for my first "proper" reading glasses in 40 years. Though that doesn't explain the dizziness every time I cough. Which is a apparently a well known problem with lots of Latin names.  

 Dinner was tuna on bread rolls. There was just enough in one small tin. Two tins would have been excessive.

 

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