7.06.2026 Beetle rescue. 😇

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  Sunday 7th 61F/16C [9.30] Overcast and it has rained. Cloudy, showers and breezy. It might reach 18C/64F.

 Up at 7am. Woken by coughing in the night. Still having eye watering, coughing fits this morning. The antibiotics seem not to have achieved much. I may have to contact the doctor.

 I checked the car and the Noco5 smart charger has rescued the flat battery yet again. It had been running all night. Fully charged 13.5VDC. The car started effortlessly. So I am mobile again. 

 The day continued with coughing fits as I sat on the computer. 

 15.50 I have been strimming the Western Lawn. Now I am completely breathless! 

 I have just rescued a large and beautiful, metallic green beetle. Which was clinging onto the tidemark of the greenhouse pond. Presumably having escaped from the water but too exhausted to climb the near vertical side. I placed the beetle on a tissue to dry out and recover in the sunshine. It had gone when I went back to check its progress.

 I remembered to take the recycling bin along the drive. Breathless again.

 Dinner was sliced boiled eggs on toast.  

 

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6.06.2026 Going Electric

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 Saturday 6th  Sunny periods but breezy.

 Up at 6,.30 after a reasonable night. Now feeling dizzy. My cough is much more intermittent. My chest hurts from the involuntary exercise of coughing for well over a week! 

I sat on the computer until the room started spinning and then lay down. An hour later the dizziness had receded.

 13.00 I wasn't feeling very well when I went out to the car for the trip into the village.The battery is flat! I'd left the lights on [Again!]  So I had to go shopping by bike. Fortunately I had a bike battery well topped up. Meanwhile, the smart charger has been left running on the car battery. One can but hope that the battery isn't ruined.

 14.00 Back from the shops. I used Sport and Turbo mode to cruise at 30kph going both ways. Sunny, but rather windy. A vast container lorry pulled into the supermarket car park. As I loaded my panniers with the newly purchased essentials. 

 The lorry was delivering goods but without the usual rumble of a big diesel motor. It was strangely silent. I looked up and saw 100% electric printed on the cab. Smart!'

 The rest of the day was spent coughing. 

 Dinner was fish fingers and chips. 

 

 

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5.06.2026 Fast Holiday?

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  Friday 5th 55F/13C [6.00] A mixed day of sunny periods and showers. Possibly heavy with thunder. Already windy again. Gusting to 12m/s after lunch. Maximum temperature 17C/63F. Room at 67F/19C. Greenhouse 57F/14C.

 A few stragglers on my late wife's flower bed.

 Up at 5.00 after a difficult night. Coughing bouts have turned wet and sticky again. More sitting up and panting desperately on the edge of the bed. Before trying to get comfortable. While propped up on two pillows.  

 8.30 I managed to sleep for another hour to catch up. I wasn't bothered by coughing until I woke.

 13.00 I just drove into the village to shop. Closed for a bank holiday! 

 I made do with rather tired, sliced wholemeal bread. Which I usually reserve for toast.

 The entire day was spent coughing and trying not to turn inside out. I wanted to do more strimming on the Western Lawn but wasn't up to it.

 Dinner was poached eggs on toast. Rather overdone. It had remained dry all day. With sunny periods.

 

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