14 Mar 2026

14.03.2026

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  Saturday 14th 39F/4C [8.40] Overcast, overnight rain moving away. Light SW winds. 62F/17C in the room. 49F/9.4C in the greenhouse

 Up at 8.00 after earlier clock watching. I have the bike battery charging. In preparation for a ride. 

 I need AAA batteries for the new, digital, wireless thermometers. The magnet hooks didn't work as hoped. The screw hooks didn't fit the thermometer bodies. I need short, CSK head screws with the same thread as the hooks. My vast screw assortment, built up over decades, does not include anything useful so far. 

 9.00 Time for a walk.

 9.20 Back again. Cool and grey. Saturday traffic light.

 The new fish don't like the bright LED lights. So I have inverted and lit only one strip to provide some more gentle, reflected light. They are now busy grazing on the build up of hair algae. Exactly as I had hoped. 

 11.00 Going for a ride. 

 12.00 41F/5C. Back from a ride to the village. Returning via the forest and then via the forestry track. Where I met a dozen or more young lunatics on racing bikes going the other way. Cycle-cross? Gravel? I have no idea. They were really moving on a rutted, muddy and stony track! 16km. I'd have gone further but it felt horribly cold! 

 

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