1st March 2026

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  Sunday 1st 36F/2.2C. The DMI website is down. I think it is supposed to be cloudy and windy today, However the eastern sky looks quite promising. A hint of a tobacco filter laid over soft edged clouds. 64F/18C in the room. 44F/7C in the greenhouse.

 Up at 6.50 after a quiet night. I woke at five but remained in bed.

 I need to shop if I am to make a proper Sunday dinner. I have barely enough Bisto powder for one more meal. The Danish-British foods shop I usually use has no stock. Nobody else is remotely economical. All others are based on a huge minimum order. Delivery from the UK would push it into a standard £20 charge for customs clearance plus postage. I have ordered two packs from Amazon.de. Hideously expensive but it will hopefully last for ages! Delivery promised in two days. 

 9.50 My walk this morning was longer than usual. I was determined to make the most of a dry day. Though it wasn't really very warm. Not even when the sun peeked out. I walked fairly briskly to the lanes. Kicking many of the countless twigs from the asphalt onto the verge. Then on to the top of the hill on a smaller branch.

 Earlier breathlessness passed as I persisted at the same pace up the incline. I had a look around, took a couple of snaps of the landscape and then headed home. Now feeling quite warm and without my hat and gloves.

After morning coffee I shall ride to the shops. 

 

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