27.08.2026 Tart!

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  Thursday 27th 59F/15C [7.45] Sunny, with a 23C peak but windy from the east. Gusting to 15m/s. 21C/70F in the room. 15C/59F in the greenhouse. I left the skylights open all day and night to shed the heat. Change in the weather tomorrow. With a heavy rain warning for the whole country.

 Up at 7.00 after a quiet night.

 Cooking class restarts this morning. After the summer break. 

 14.00 Back from cooking class. Where I made a meringue and rhubarb tart. There were only five of the expected 10 people present. It was rather warm in the kitchen.

 8.15 Watching a film on TV I started feeling unwell. I am shivering. Despite it being 22C in the room.

 

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26.08.2026 ENT.

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  Wednesday 26th 60F/16C [8.25] A sunny, but breezy day, day peaking at 25C/77F. 21C/70F in the room. I felt too cool for sitting around last night. I had to out a fleece jacket on and felt cold in bed. 16C in the closed greenhouse.

 Up at 7.20 after waking at 6.00 and dozing.

 ENT appointment in town at 13.10. After getting the date wrong yesterday. I am hoping for an answer to my dizziness. 

 I had an early lunch, a shower and then drove into town. 

 15.00 Back from town and the ENT appointment. I was favoured with two lady specialists. The most obvious outcome is that I really need to do the exercises. Avoiding them, as I have done to avoid the risk of dizziness. Was not the correct behaviour. 

 My fluid intake was discussed and adequate daily consumption of water emphasized. My heart problems were also a likely cause of my symptoms. I have  multiple false beats. Back in a month for a follow up. I also have to contact the physiotherapists to restart my exercise classes. 

 On the way back I visited numerous, new cycle path crossings. There were tipper trucks and excavators busy widening the verges of the new route. More of the fine gravel had been laid in new places and sometimes even rolled. In others there was no sign of any change at all. Except for the removal of the rails and sleepers. Which was true months ago. The least work seems to have been done near Assens and Ebberup. The same goes for Glamsbjerg. Though there are still several months to go before the official opening.

 Dinner was a salmon pasty. With peas and pasta. I washed up a huge backlog while it cooked.

 

  

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25.08.2026 Blithering idiot!

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  Tuesday 25th 49F/9.4C [7.20] Bright sunshine promised for most of the day. Peaking at 23C/73F.  Breezy from the east. 20F/68F in the room. 9C/48F in the closed greenhouse.

 Up at 6.20 after the usual palaver. 

 Seeing the Ear, Nose and Throat specialist in town after lunch. About my dizziness. 

 14.00 Back from visiting my English friend. We watched his robot mower in action. As we discussed the pros, cons and weaknesses in the control apps.

 I made a mistake on the date of my ENT appointment. After driving for miles needlessly. It was tomorrow! Grr? 

 While in Assens I saw an immaculate Austin 7. Coffee coloured, right hand drive and belonging to the pre-1939 Club. That's at least 30 years older than my Morris Minor!

 I bought myself a digital meat thermometer in town. Because I can never tell when meat is hot enough when cooking. 

 The supermarket has stopped selling my habitual, lunchtime, wholemeal rolls. I can still get the bigger, softer ones. So I will just have to adapt.

 The afternoon was largely wasted on YouTube. 

 Dinner was poached eggs on toast. I broke one egg as I spooned it onto the toast! Grr. Perfect consistency. Yay!

 

 

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