25.01.2025 Keep on tidyin'!

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 Saturday25th 40F/4.4C Likely to be cloudy. Slight risk of sunshine later. With the wind reducing.

 Up at 7am after a quiet night. 63F/17C in the room thanks to milder outdoor temperatures.

 9.00 Overcast. Going for a walk. 

 9.40 Back from my walk to the lanes. An unpleasantly cold, SW wind rather spoilt the proceedings. Two brown birds of prey retreated. The most depressing time of year. Everything is dark and dull and wet.

 10.45 It is brightening a little. I have been watching more YT videos on kitchen cabinet installation. 

 12.45 I have just spent a couple of hours tidying the observatory and its surroundings. Most of the observatory electronics have come indoors. All the old bits of wet, scrap wood are going to the recycling yard after lunch. There is at least another trailer full of stuff to be cleared later.    

 14.30 Overcast. Back from emptying the trailer at the recycling yard. 

 16.00 More tidying. It feels cold in the wind out there.

 16.27 41F/5C. A brief, orange sunset beneath the clouds.

 Dinner was a salmon pasty and boiled potatoes. I am trying the oven fan mode for the first time. Which worked very well. Nicely browned and cooked right through without being burnt. 25 minutes at 200C. It called for 20 minutes at 180C on the packaging.

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