21.04.2026

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  Tuesday 21st 36F/2C. All day sunshine. Breezy from the NE. Peaking at 12C this afternoon.

 Up at 6.45 after a fairly quiet night. 

 My English friend is coming to me today. To check out the new toy. [Heat pump] He has years of experience with different heating systems and monitoring their performance and costs via various apps. The Panasonic wireless app seems not to apply to my unit. I haven't explored this beyond finding the wireless button is missing from the remote control. 

 Meanwhile I have some tidying to do.

 

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20.04.2026 Inactivity! Director's Cut.

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  Monday 20th 42F/5.6C [8.50] Bright overcast. Sunshine promised. Slow start in the SW. Becoming rather breezy from the NE. Room at 21C/70F. Greenhouse at 53F/12C.

 A fox poked its nose into the garden in the dark. The light on the camera put it off and it turned tail. 

 Up at 7.25 after earlier failures to light the damp squib. Back still hurting but not so bad. I have been browsing instead of going for a walk.

 Three hours later my back is fine until I try to move from my chair. Then it is agony. The sun has come out. The trees and hedges are moving in the wind. Petals from the plum and cherry trees are drifting.

 My HP printer has died. It won't feed paper at all now. After some earlier hesitancy and refusal. 

 In the afternoon I drove into the village for bread and pastry. Which meant hobbling the entire length [both ways] of the huge supermarket building.  

 Dinner was mashed potato, sausage rolls and fried mushrooms. I washed up while it cooked. 

 

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19.04.2026 A pain in the ....

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  Sunday 19th 445F/7.2C [8.15] Bright overcast. A cloudy morning with possible sunny periods. Rain later and overnight. Light NE breeze going northwards and N-Easterly. 68F/20C in the room. 54F/12C in the greenhouse. 58F/14C in the greenhouse pond.

 Up at 7.40 after a fairly quiet night. My lower back pain is not so bad so far. The same as yesterday. Only to discover it was a struggle to walk very far. I have tried some sciatica exercises without obvious benefit at the time.

 The heat pump is cycling between 21F and 38.5F. With the remote control set to 19C/66F Heat and Auto. The monitoring digital thermometer is not continuous reading but updates at intervals. The "Outdoor" sensor is hanging free in the airflow. Without direct contact with the heat pump's indoor unit. 

 I am now very happy with the downward firing airflow. After some initial irritation with cold air draughts. When it was blowing straight forwards. Easily cured with the "Air Swing" button on the remote. Allowing the air directing blades to point downwards and stay there. I have "Fan Speed" set to 3/5. Which I find almost inaudible. While wearing my hearing aids and sitting at 2.8-3m from the unit. 

 Now with no discernible draughts while seated at my computer. Which was my reason for choosing the more expensive floor model. I had some previous experience with high level units in shops and petrol stations. So knew I would not have been happy with the resulting draughts. 

 No doubt this problem could have been improved using "Air Swing" to direct the airflow more beneficially. Those with much higher ceilings might well benefit from the high level blower units. The low ceilings [215cm] of my hovel/cottage would not. 

 Plans for a walk or a ride were shelved. It hurts just to get up and walk to the kitchen. 

 I managed to drag the recycling bin along the drive. It hurt like hell!

 Dinner was cheese on toast. 

 

 

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