24.10.2025 A bad case of wind.

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  Friday 24th 50F/10C [8.10] Very dark! Days of rain and gales forecast. Starting with showers. Temperatures peaking around 11C/52F.  South to south west winds gusting to 20m/s. [45mph]  65F/18C and falling slowly indoors.

 Up at 7am after a busy night. Should I blame the coffee at 7pm? 

 I'll go for a walk as soon as it is light enough to be seen on the side of the road. 

 9.15 Back from my walk. Light showers and the wind roaring and hissing in the roadside trees. Leaves falling like snow. I spotted a couple of birds of prey at a distance. 

 9.30 It is brightening. With blue holes in the overcast. 

 I went shopping in the car. None of my 5mm drills would make an impression. On the replacement polycarbonate sheets of the greenhouse. I have now drilled and fixed half a dozen bolts along the edge of the SE corner panel. The panel which blows out in every gale. 

 Except that it is probably sucked out. Despite having as many glazing clips as will physically fit along the edges. There is plenty of width in the aluminium corner profile. Much less material in the vertical glazing bars. I'll see how it copes with this afternoon's fierce gusts. 

 So far so good.

 Dinner was fried chicken and mushrooms. With boiled potatoes and gravy. It tasted superb! 

 

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