18.09.2026

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  Friday 18th 63F/12C [7.40] Overcast and windy. Rain and wind  expected for several days. 19C/66F in the room. Too cool. I'll fire up the heat pump. Currently set to 20C/68F on the remote.

 Up at 7am after an unusually quiet night. Though with lots of dreams.  

 10.00 Occasional brightness but generally grey and blowing. I've had my online chat with my minder. Time to think about a run to another charity shop? I'd need the trailer and its cover. Or go back if I find something worthwhile. The overall mileage could get very silly again. If four journeys are required. 

  

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17.09.2026 Keep on rowing.

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  Thursday 17th 50F/11C  [7.30] Bright overcast. A dry morning followed by continuous rain. 20C/68F in the room. 10C/50F in the greenhouse.

 Up at 7am after numerous visits to the fire bucket.

 My doctor has already answered my online query about my low blood pressure. He suggests I have a rest from one of the six tablets I take daily for my high blood pressure. 

 Exercise therapy today. I can go this week because my cooking class is fortnightly. 

 13.00 And back again.  The exercise session went very well. I was doing more repeats and intervals than required. It was all on different exercise machines this time. I visited two secondhand shops and a charity shop on the way home. Still looking for furniture. Nothing really suited my needs.

 13.30 The rain has already started. Expected to last three days. 

 It became winder. Gusting to 15m/s according to the DMI. 

 Dinner was two boiled eggs on wholemeal bread rolls. Lowered into boiling water. Seven minutes before dumping the hot water and chilling with cold. Five minutes to soak up the remaining heat. Perfect!

 

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16.09.2026 Go NW, young man.

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  Wednesday 16th 56F/13C [8.45] Overcast, with sunny periods and odd showers. Peaking at 17C/63F. 20C/68F in the room without the heat pump.

 Up at 8.10 after a fairly quiet night. 

 I'll probaby go furniture hunting at charity shops. Towing the little cage trailer behind the Morris Minor. There is a whole string of village, charity shops with furniture for sale. Off to my NW. 

 I think I am refining my needs. Now preferring wood grain to harsh white. The softer wood grain does not draw the eye quite so much. Hopefully providing a more harmonious impression. It's all completely and utterly meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Entirely for my own comfort and amusement. I get so few visitors at the hovel. That any change will go unnoticed by humanity. Most importantly it gets me out of the house and away from YouTube.

 10.00 Had my morning chat with my minder. I'll have a quick shower before I'm off.

 15.15 Back from my search. I reached as far as Fredericia. It was 9 charity shops in all. Still no luck.  

 As soon as I had eaten a late lunch of two rolls I was dizzy. My vision went blank white. With the brightness turned right up. My hearing was droning. I was burning up and sweating profusely. After sitting with my eyes closed for half an hour I lay down and slept properly for half an hour. Feeling better afterwards. My guess is that my blood flow was redirected. Away from my brain to my digestive system. 

 19.15 I just took my blood pressure at 5 minute intervals. Before deciding on having any dinner.

111/71 Pulse 77, 106/66 P 79,  96/65 P 79. The BP advice online for active 80 year-olds is 140/90 to avoid dizziness and falls. I sent these figures to my doctor. 

 I had no dinner. Just a cup of tea and a digestive biscuit. 

10.15 I have been having quite severe pain over my heart for some time this evening. So I have just used the nitroglycerine spray under my tongue. The pain has gone. I am going to bed. 

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