25.11.2023

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 Saturday 25th 33F/1C. Some sunshine is forecast for this morning. Cold all day with northerly winds. Up at 5am after tormenting myself with memories. Up twice in the night. 62F/17C in the room. 

7.45. The sky is clear but still not light enough to go for a walk. The cars are frosted but dark. Not the white of a recent frost. I have just lit the stove. The new kindling is fine. It burns as expected.

 10.00. Returned from a short walk. The usual collective drives to stay away from the tyre spray on the roads. The Sorel boots felt lethal on the black ice! Even after the roads had been sprayed it took great care to remain upright. I mostly kept to the verges or loose gravel.

 Even our own, puddled drive was dangerous. Where even the roughest gravel was coated in invisible ice. The sun is out now . Which will hopefully raise the temperature in the greenhouse. Currently showing 44F with the outside at 34F. [7C & 1C] This is before the sun reaches the greenhouse. 

 It eventually reached 45F/7C out there. 10F over the outside temperature.

 21.30 32F/0C. A light dusting of snow has fallen since it became dark. A day of inactivity. Mostly watching YouTube videos. Dinner was chips and fish fingers.

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