22.02.2026 Recalcitrant thaw.

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  Sunday 22nd 35F/+1.7C [6.30] Overcast and raining all day. 66F/19C in the room.

 Up at 3.30. Dreams woke me up and then I lay there having memories of my wife. I had a coffee and sat on YT for hours. 

 6.30 70F/21C in the room. I have just been out to fetch more chestnut logs in the dark. The security camera lights came on. Which made the approach much easier. Still on snow. The rain hasn't cut through yet. Though the lights didn't help with the wood pile. I grabbed a few logs, entirely by feel alone, and retreated back indoors. 

 I had lit the stove some time ago but had only one log to burn. That problem is now solved. I will probably go back to bed. Now that the fire is burning safely for another hour. 

 9.30 37F/3C. Nearly got up at 8.00 and then it was 9.00. The rain has moved away. It will return later. Lots of dark patches on the snow. I will have a cup of tea and then go for a walk. 

 10.40 I survived the two way trip along the drive. Mostly water over ice and lethally slippery. I managed a stroll down the road and back. Grey, misty and drizzling very lightly. There was the merest hint of an easterly breeze. I reversed the car almost down to the house. Leaving it on bare gravel for traction. Enough room to squeeze past with a recycling bin. Last week's bin is still standing on the main drive untouched. The driver never attempted the snow covered drive. Then I collected another basket full of logs. Time for morning coffee.

 17.30 72F/22C all day outside. Misty with light drizzle. Dragged a recycling bin along the drive. Brought the last one back unemptied. Collected another basket of logs. 

 20.15 Dinner was organic sausage, organic frozen peas, organic mashed potato and Bisto gravy. I diluted the latter too much. It's very misty outside.

 

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