24.06.2026

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  Wednesday 24th 61F/16C [6.25] Bright overcast with a light SW breeze. Another warm, sunny day is forecast. Reaching 27C/81F. Progressively warmer each day this week. Sunday is scheduled for 34F/93C! The room is at 72F/22C and I was too warm in bed. Alternating between pushing off the duvet and covering up again. The greenhouse is at 62F/17C. The greenhouse pond water is at 70F/21C. Despite the skylights, open end doors and shade net. I ought to add the second shade net.  

 Up at 5.30 after a sweaty night. I am going to try setting the heat pump to Cool and 18C/64F to see if it helps. Not until I dropped the set temperature to 16C/61F. Now I can feel a cool breeze. The thermometer is showing 10C/50F in the airflow and still dropping! 8C! I have increased the desired temperature to 18C/64F. Still blowing at 10C/50F.

 I had another dizzy spell yesterday evening. I was fine until I went back to the computer. To add details of dinner and a picture. My vision suddenly started spinning. Low blood pressure because my stomach was working hard on digestion? Who knows? I lay on the bed and it slowly passed.

 I am expecting a visit from the nice young lady from the Council's, elderly support service. Later this morning. I haven't seen her in ages. She was instrumental in dragging me out of the shock and depression after my wife died suddenly. Now four years ago. I got in touch again after my recent fall. With concerns for my relative isolation in the event of another fall. Perhaps out of sight of any of my neighbours. There are schemes for volunteers to ring every morning. Just to check all is well.  

 8.00 I am working steadily to clear the endless clutter which always gathers around me. As if I had my own gravitational field. The round, sponge strip is easy to fit. To quickly get a tidy appearance around the new doors. Better than the naked rock wool strip which the carpenter fitted and left me with.

 The heat pump airflow is down to 7C/45F and still falling. Which is pleasant but very slow to lower the room air temperature at the computer. Currently 70F/21C and dropping very slowly. Not that it needs to be chilly. Greater comfort being the only sensible goal. I have the upstairs windows on the catch to try and get a chimney effect. Or a cross flow between the windows. Without insects getting in.

 8.40 I have watered the indoor and outdoor plants. Vacuumed the ground floor. Cleaned the toilet. Next is mopping the tiles in the kitchen, bathroom and fireplace. Done.

 10.00 71F/22C. Cloudy. As ready as I'll ever be. Washing up done. Showered. Cleaned and scoured the sinks. Two lots of laundry done. 

 11.30 The nice young lady has left after an hour of chatting in Danish. I shall register for a morning phone call from volunteers.  

 I have run out of essentials for lunch. Should I ride or drive? 

 13.10 Returning with two, full carrier bags from the village supermarket. It felt like an oven going back out to the car park. The car was hot too. Even with the windows open. 

 14.00 82F/28C. Sunny periods but rather cloudy and breezy. 

 18.00 80F/27C. Full sunshine. I have been dozing on the computer. It is 75F/24C downstairs. I have switched the heat pump back on the cool the room. Fan speed only on 1 to reduce draughts. Temperature set to 19C/66F. Airflow currently at 8C/46F. Now 5C/41F. It fires the cold air upwards at about 45º. Chilly! 

 I can park the armchairs in front of the floor unit. To force the cold air upwards. That helps. I shall raise the set temperature to 20C/68F. It actually feels too cold now! Reset to 22C/72F. I need a jumper! The airflow has risen to 16C/61F. I have had to put long trousers and a jumper on. The room temperature hasn't changed yet but it feels quite cold.

 It's a toast day. Mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. 

  

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23.06.2026 Robot Wars!

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  Tuesday 23rd 58F/14C. Bright overcast. We are promised wall to wall sunshine and 24C/75F in the late afternoon. 70F/21C in the room. 61F/16C in the fully open greenhouse.

 Up at 7.45 after a 6am attempt failed dismally to lift off. A quiet night punctuated by strange dreams. The last one I remember was about a desert filled with giant loudspeakers. It sounds about right.

  9.00 62F/16C. Full sunshine. From a milky sky. I have just been out to water the outside plants. Using a large, green, plastic watering can. It has lasted for years out of doors. The garden is full of birdsong. The overgrown grass is damp with dew. I shall be visiting my English friend. However tempting, I shall not be riding there on my e-bike. 

 13.20 Back from visiting my friend. We had a pleasant chat, with coffee and Danish pastries. Under a huge umbrella at his outdoor table. Before wandering around his extensive garden. 

 I passed several heavily laden touring cyclists. Including one on a mid wheel sized bike. About 20" wheels at a guess. I was going  to stop and watch him pass but there was nowhere handy to park. 

 17.15 75F/24C. I have spent hours this afternoon. Trying to get the robot mower to work. It would not connect to the Wi-Fi. Despite having done so straight out of the box last time I tried. 

 Dinner was an excess of chips, a short serving of chicken and peas. It was the last of the chips so I used them up. Probably a mistake.

   

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22.06.2026 Just more gallivanting.

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  Monday 22nd 57F/14C [7.40] Wall to wall sunshine promised. Peaking at 22C/72F with a light northwesterly wind. 

 72F/22C in the room. 55F/13C in the greenhouse. With both end doors and all skylights open. I am trying to limit the temperature of the pond water.  It reached 73F/23C yesterday but has dropped back to 70F/21C overnight. The greenhouse doors are steel screened against animals and insects while allowing the free flow of air.

 Up at 6.45 after what should have been a quiet night. I was coughing in the night and felt dizzy at times. Remaining a little wobbly when I got up. Taking care to move slowly and drink a glass of water before starting to make breakfast.  

 I was planning to have a gentle ride into the village this morning. To do some light shopping. I haven't been out on the e-bike for ages. I feel it would do me good. Rebuild my confidence in my mobility.

 I have an appointment at 14.00 at the city hospital for a follow up to my ongoing heart treatment. I shall have to drive there. 

 8.30 60F/16C I brought the recycling bins back. Then wandered up and down the drive. Mapping Wi-Fi signal strength. Using the WiFiman app on my phone. I am feeling quite a bit better now. After earlier fuzziness. 

 10.30 Pleasantly warm. Back from a half hour, 11km, shopping ride to the village. No problem. Apart from saddle discomfort. No padding! It was good to be out again. Clear the cobwebs. The countryside is lush. The warblers shouting their little heads off today.

 17.00 71FF/22C. Back from my trip to the red light district. Aka: Odense. Home of universally red traffic lights. No pure bred Dane has invented sequencing yet. Sop they are at least 50 years out of date. They had sequenced lights in the UK long before they invented roundabouts. 

 I had a nice chat with the specialist nurse. All in the medium of Danish. She suggested I just do more of the same. Exercise. Keeping busy. Not talking poor Danish.

 On the way home I shopped for round, sponge, sealing strip for the doors. Plus some silicone sealer. The carpenter would have been back by now. To finish the job. If he had any morals. Or anything resembling a conscience. 

 The problem is that these types will always take an easy con. The lazy way out. Instead of opening themselves up. To multiple, well paying jobs from the same customer. I had ceilings, walls and other doors and windows. All needing his skilled attention. I pointed out what needed doing. While he was here. 

 He chose the quick and dirty con. He was talking about starting his own business. It would always be one job at time. Never able to go back. Never enjoying word of mouth recommendation. Never sure who the next mark would be. Living hand to mouth. Until his wife left him. He lost the house but kept the car.    

 Dinner was boiled eggs on toast. It was supposed to be omelettes but it all went horribly wrong. I'd dropped the whole eggs into the boiling water without breaking them first. Thinking about something else.

 

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