22.02.2025 27km.

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 Saturday 22nd 40F/4.4C [8.40] It started bright but has become overcast. The trees are moving to the southerly breeze.

 Up at 7am after drifting since 4am. 63F/17C in the room. The kitchen was at 17C, the freezer at -14C and the fridge a 1C when I got up.  Now settled on -18C and 4C respectively. It is set to Eco mode. Perhaps it is saving energy? By allowing itself the freezer to reach slightly higher temperatures overnight. When the doors are not being opened.

 I plan a ride to a shopping village some 10km away. It has two supermarket outlets which I don't have locally. It will be a cold headwind going. Tailwind coming home.  

 12.30 46F/8C. Back from a 27km ride. There was headwind going but not as cold as recently. I visited two flea markets as well as shopped.

 This afternoon I have stacked the loose pile of logs against the house wall. I wanted to avoid double handling but it was becoming increasingly difficult. To move around in the greenhouse. I also did two lots of laundry. Re-lit the stove when it went out. Twice. It was 69-72F/21-22C in the room. So it didn't really matter.

 I think I'll have a chicken and mushroom curry for dinner. 

 A disaster! Ben's had forgotten to add something important to the Medium Curry sauce. The jar was full of water and little else. It is usually borderline too thick to shake the contents of the jar easily. I ran it through a sieve. To avoid drowning the rice in orange water. Then tipped the sieve contents onto the chicken and mushroom. I also changed the rice to white Basmati this time. Brown rice has been the staple for years. Not that keen on the white. No flavour and no texture! 

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