21.09.2026 16km

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  Monday 21st 51F/11C [8.15] Bright overcast. A dry day with sunshine is promised. Peaking at 16C/61F. 

  Up at 7.45 after checking the clock at 5.15. I was too warm in bed and too warm now at 22C in the room. I have turned off the heat pump. 

 I have had a follow up enquiry for the lathe. 

 Exercise therapy in town this morning. 

 13.00 Returning safely from my torture session. Mostly exercises about checking and improving balance.  I shopped in town while I was there.

 On the way back I drove past several of the new cycle path, road crossings to check on progress. The main road is completely blocked at one crossing today. With marked detour signs and plastic barriers. Machines and people are busy at work doing something. It is dry with sunny periods but blowing to 15m/s. Around 30mph. Not ideal for cycling.

 I have started sorting out my chests of drawers. Using three, shallow plastic baskets so far. To separate pants from winter and summer socks. Since they are mostly black. It has always been impossible to see what they are until now. One day at a time.

 16.00 Going for a ride. 

 17.00 Back again. 16km. I shopped twice on a double loop. Still no wholemeal rolls! They are building an island and narrowing the road where I saw the plastic barricades from the car. I rode the last leg of the new path on fairly firm sand. A strong headwind coming home. 

 The person interested in the lathe is having a think.  

 Dinner was toasted cheese rolls with cherry tomatoes. 

 

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20.09.2026 More rain!

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  Sunday 20th 56F/13C [8.30] Bright periods in an overcast. Another rainy day. With westerly gales gusting to 18m/s or 40mph! 

 21C/70F in the room with the heat pump set to 20C on the remote. I slept in a fleece jumper over my usual T-shirt. Getting up at 7.50 after waking at 7am and drifting. I ought to raise the setting to 21C. It is much more comfortable with the room at 22C. Otherwise I have to wear a fleece jacket over the jumper. All the doors closed of course. 

 The rain and gales will deny me any chance of a ride. I ought to have an alternative plan!

 12.30 Hours of sunshine. So I sent the mower out. I went around cleaning the lenses of the security cameras from up a ladder. The cobwebs were getting very silly. I even walked to the far end of the drive to trim a mad rose. Which was growing stems as thick as my thumb. Straight out from the verge. 

 It started raining without warning. Heavy rain! So that my remaining hair was soaked and my fleece jacket was wet. Then, as soon as I had returned home. The sun came out and it is dry again. Enforced cabin fever by intimidation, I call it. Or lunch time, if you prefer.

 I ran the robot again when the rain disappeared.

 I've had another message about my lathe for sale. Requesting more images. Done.

 Sunday dinner included chips. I had forgotten to buy more potatoes. 

 

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19.09.2026 Disappointing dinner.

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 Saturday 19th 58F/14.5C [8.50] Heavy overcast with rain and wind. Two more days of the same. 21C/70F in the room. The heat pump has been on all night. Remote set to 20C.

 Up at 8.10 after a quiet night with dreams. 

 There will be no ride today. Perhaps I should populate the new cupboard. The day was wasted on YouTube.

 16.50 Back from grocery shopping in the village.  

 Dinner was a tin of scraps of mackerel in watery tomato sauce by Sæby. I had bought several tins to stock up the larder. A mistake, as the quality is dropping like a stone into water. It used to be one of my favourite foods and a safeguard against an empty fridge. Meanwhile, of course, the price goes on rising.

 

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