6.10.2026 62km and a new car battery.

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 Tuesday 6th 56F/13C [8.30] Heavy overcast with rain this afternoon.  

 A comfy 22C/72F in the room. The heat pump remote is set to 22C/72F and lies on the coffee table. 

 Woke at 8am after an unusually quiet night with more weird dreams. 

 I shall be visiting my English friend. After missing last week due to his business demands. He runs a B&B.

 15.40 Back again after a 62km ride. The Morris's battery was flat this morning. Mild and light winds made for good cycling conditions. My friend also has a Bosch driven e-bike. So he offered to charge my battery while I was there. I left home with 65% charge. It was into the orange after 30km. I left his place with 55% charge. Barely scraped home with only 2km of range left in Tour Mode. A car overtook me in a 40kph/25mph village. As I was entering a supermarket entrance on the off side. Just another fuckwit.

 Now I have to decide what to do about getting a new car battery. 

 16.40 Back from town after buying a new car battery. By sheer luck the car fired on the first turn of the starter when I got home. It was completely dead first thing.  I left it to charge for a while before leaving. 

 The car ran out of petrol in the detour required between the industrial estate and the nearby petrol station. The entrance to the big shed retailers is a hideous mess! Cobbled. Sunken. One way only. So no exit. 

 The Morris's petrol pump was clacking continuously by the time I reached the petrol pump. I have put the new battery on the smart charger.  Before swapping it for the one in the car. Probably tomorrow.

 I have a doctors appointment and dental appointment tomorrow. An hour and 16km apart. Rain is forecast. So I didn't want to ride. I'd be late for the second appointment. Cooking on Thursday is even further away and even wetter.

 Dinner was a fry-up with the last of the sausage. 

 

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5.10.2026 Sausage manglais?

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  Monday 5th 55F/13C [8.50] Rather heavy overcast. Possible sunny periods between the clouds. Peaking at 17C/63F. Rather windy from the SW. Gusting to 13m/s [30mph] for hours.

 21C/70F in the room with the heat pump remote set to 19C/66F. AI says to hang the remote on an inside wall. There isn't anything suitable. Only the wood stove chimney.

 Up at 8.00 when my minder sent me a message.  I had a quiet night with more weird dreams. 

 Exercise therapy again this morning. 

 Back from my torture session. It went well. My legs are strong but my back isn't.

 I sent Euforia, the robot mower, out for a couple of tours this afternoon

 No afternoon nap. 

 Dinner was mangled sausage on wholemeal bread rolls. I fried one portion of sausages and realised it was not enough. So I used a plastic spatula to break up the nearly cooked remains in the frying pan. 

  

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4.10.2026 33km and the embankment.

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  Sunday 4th 50F/10C [9.25]  Bright sunshine. Sunny periods peaking at 15C. Light westerly winds.

 21C/70F in the room. Heat pump remote set to 18C/64F.

 Up at 8.45! After waking, dreaming and drifting. Another ride?

 10.15 Back from a walk around the drives on the back fields. A male pheasant was caught out in the middle of the newly sewn field. Without any local cover it dashed off to the far side. Quite a distance. 

 I decided to have an afternoon ride. Neither battery was fully charged. 

 16.10 Back from a 33km ride. Heading north up to the new railway track. Where the embankment seems to have finally reached the required height at the new bridge. 

 It was mostly bright sunshine but several large plates of cloud went over. There was a blustery crosswind for most of the ride..

 I shopped in the distant village on the way back. Still more roads closed for the district heating expansion. It seems to go on forever. I was directed to use the railway underpass. Which meant quite a steep flight of stairs. So I had to dismount. 

 Dinner was free range pork sausage, mushrooms and plum tomatoes. 

 

 

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