8.09.2026 Euforia now talks to my PC.

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  Tuesday 8th 62F/17C [8.00] Very heavy overcast. 22 hours of rain forecast. 21C/70F in the room. The greenhouse is tracking the outside temperature. So no need to record it unless it is significantly different.

 Up at 7am after a fairly quiet night.  

 I had time to tidy up a little before my friend arrived. Bearing gifts of spandauers. A Danish pastry.

 My English friend visited me today. Leaving around 14.00. After two hours of chatting and having sorted out my phone's unwillingness to talk to my PC. I use this arrangement to monitor the robot mower in action. My problems were largely due to using too large a font on the phone screen. Set before I bought my new progressive glasses. 

 The afternoon was spent on YouTube.

 Dinner was a chicken fry-up. With mushrooms, toast and tweggs.

 

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7.09.2026 Euforia is flashing!

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  Monday 7th 56F/13C [7.20] Overcast but sunny periods expected. Peaking at 21C/70F in the late afternoon. The rest of the week is unstable. 20C/68F in the room. 14C in the greenhouse.

 Up at 7.50 after a busy night at the fire bucket. No idea why. 

 I have an appointment for an exercise therapy class at 11am in town. I shall have to find my gym shorts and shoes. 

 I  have attached the mini-UPS and strobe light to the robot mower by the simplest possible method. The strobe unit has two projecting studs. I added a single nut to each. Then twisted the strobe diagonally to make the nuts fit into the provided screw slots on the back of the UPS. 

 Then I simply lowered the UPS into the mower's lifting handle. I have yet to check if the addition will fit under the charging garage roof. I wish the strobe unit was a bit brighter. Though I can see it flashing clearly in the distance in the security camera's view. 

 The light fitted easily under the garage roof. So I can relax on that score. If the mower is parked I just need to lift the light and UPS free. To recharge indoors.

12.30 69F/21C. Back from the exercise class. There were only four of us. Three others in far worse condition than myself. Plus two attentive therapists. I was doing fine until we were asked to sit on huge, softballs. When we were asked to bounce up and down I immediately felt dizzy. I lay down on a padded bench until I felt better.

 A lovely, sunny day. Pleasantly warm but breezy. I'll have lunch and then think about another ride. Although I was using an exercise bike at the start of the class. I realised that I never sprint any more. Nor put much effort into climbing. The e-bike does it all for me. I get continuous exercise but it probaby doesn't raise my heart rate by much. Nor cause deep breathing.

 13.45 It has become much more cloudy and rather windy from the south. I was going for a ride but my mood has changed completely with the changeable weather. 

 14.45 Much brighter. A ride? Yes/No.Yes! 

 16.45 Back from a 35km ride to the new railway. I am absolutely knackered. From battling the wind all the way home. Even using Turbo mode it was very hard work. Half a dozen teenage scooterists were screaming up and down the empty lanes. Another lad was on a lightweight motorcycle. Which had a truly terrifying turn of speed. At the cost of a screaming motor. I just hope he and his hearing survive. 

 I had a half hour, timed nap to recover.

 Dinner was Heinz beans on toast. Thank god that was the last of them! They were a cheap, special offer in a local Danish supermarket. I bought half a dozen tins. Expecting traditional British quality. Not this sugar laden, tasteless crap. I shall never criticize the Danish/Italian baked beans ever again! 

 

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6.09.2026 34km for rolls.

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  Sunday 6th 51F/11C [7.30] Bright overcast. A dry day is promised. With lighter winds. 20F/68F in the room. 10C/50F in the greenhouse.

 Up just before 7am after a fairly quiet night. No ill effects from yesterday's ride.

 A modest ride today I think. To try a different supermarket chain for my wholemeal bread rolls. This has been going on for all the time I have lived here. The monopoly industrial bakers keep discontinuing bread or rolls which I like and use daily. It is always the supposedly, healthiest option at the time. Which is frustrating. In having to find an healthy alternative. I haven't touched the white crap in decades.

 12.30 Back from a 34km ride. On a whim I rode the forest track. As it was more or less on my way. It felt strange to be on my bike there. After years and my hundreds of visits on foot. The inclines are steep, the surface very rough and loose in places. Puddled in other places. Mud is worse than anything else. The tire treads are not for off road but perfectly adequate.

 The forest had changed considerably since my last walk there. Areas clear felled. Others replanted with conifers. Resulting in a complete change of atmosphere in places. I had forgotten how steep the hills and bends really were. The Moustache is very stable and has enough power to overcome any incline. It's just a matter of being in the right gear and assistance mode. The big disk brakes are fine.

 There were lots of vintage cars in the lanes. All going the opposite way. Perhaps to meet at the Skoda Museum. 

 I found the rolls I needed at the more distant supermarket. 14km from home. I bought two packs to make it worth the trip. Enjoyable as it was anyway.

 The afternoon was spent on YouTube.

 The robot had another outing on the drive. The difference where it mows is remarkable compared to where it doesn't. It magically suppresses the weeds. It just needs more discipline! 

 I took the recycling bin along the drive. For emptying early tomorrow morning.

 The ponies were glad to see me and enjoyed a mouthful of grass each. 

 Dinner was a mushroom omelette. It slid out of the pan rather nicely.

   

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