23.01.2026 A better bit of duvet on my bed.

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    Friday 30F/-1C [7.45] Heavy overcast. Hovering around freezing all day with easterly gales. Possible early sunshine but clouding over. Possible snow showers too. 59F/15C in the room. 41F/5C in the greenhouse. Stove lit and already going well.

 Up at 7.10 after a warm night under the heavier, down duvet. I got up three times. The heavier duvet stayed in place much better than the lighter one. I often have to find and rotate the twisted duvet in the dark after getting up. Anything which prolongs or increases a sleep disturbance is really best avoided. I didn't need socks. The heavier duvet draped really well around me. The lighter one needs regular adjustment to avoid cold spots at the edges. It also rotates with me as I change sleeping position. Mostly positive then. I'll continue with the heavier duvet until the weather warms up.  

 Should I go and fetch some more firewood? Even if it means manual loading it myself. The stack in the greenhouse is at critical level. Barely a few days left at current consumption. I have found some fairly dry chestnut logs under the shed roof overhang. So I could hold out until the vendor returns from holiday on Sunday. 

 The smaller trailer required by the Morris has completely altered my needs in obtaining logs. Not helped by the crooks at the other timber yard. Where I ordered and paid for half a cubic meter. Which didn't even cover the bottom of the trailer. It has a volume of one cubic meter to the tops of the sides. So should have been half full! Or more, if the other vendor is being typically generous.

 9.30 Back from my walk. Not much snow left now. The wind was horrible. Not too bad with it behind me but nasty after the turn. The trees were roaring. It didn't bother the two Red kites soaring over the hamlet at low altitude as I left. The traffic was steady. Cars passing at short intervals. A couple of lorries. The set aside fields to the south have been ploughed. 

 11.00 It has just reached 63F/17C in the room. I've brought in more logs. Now I am going shopping in the Morris. 

 11.30 The wind was even stronger and colder at the shops. With several lady's hair blowing around wildly. Meat has come down in price. 

   

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