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Friday 20th 34F/1C. [7.30] Overcast with thick mist. Expected to clear to sunshine by 11am. 63F/17C in the room. 42F/5.6C in the greenhouse.
Up at 7am after a quiet night. Woke at 6am but decided it was too early. Suddenly it was daylight. No ill effects from yesterday's ride.
It seems my timing was completely awry on wanting a heat pump. Stump's private war for oil profits for his keepers and to save his Russian bosom buddy's war effort. Has many Danes crippled by rising oil and gas prices. Suddenly everyone wants a heat pump! The latest pool of taxpayer funding makes a system change seem almost cheap. Getting rid of their old central heating system is a condition of the grant. I had better buy some more logs! Before those too are driven up in price. I can't afford to burn the last of the [recycled] furniture. Or I'll have nowhere to sit.
I had better wear my hi-viz [recycled] jacket on my walk this morning. Yesterday I mentioned that am now walking on the rough verges when I can. Having watched another AI YT video. About sending vital, survival signals down to the ancient bod. Walking on the road is no longer good enough.
I remember talking about this on the blog years ago. Walking on rough tracks forces the feet and legs to constantly adapt to changing terrain. Not to mention the brain-hips and aging balance systems. Which keeps them all in better shape than walking on smooth, flat surfaces.
There is another survival gain from avoiding the asphalt. Commuters on autopilot don't stand such a good chance of hitting me. Try as they might. The main downside of verge crawling. Is the increased risk of tripping. Perhaps falling under the wheels of a passing HGV. Or even injuring myself enough to leave me stranded beside the road. I could be nibbled by stray cats before anybody calls for an ambulance. It's no easy feat being empathetic. Not when it is illegal to stop on double white lines. Or to use one's mobile phone while driving. Especially when you and everybody else in the queue to nowhere. Are always ten minutes late for work.
8.15 It is definitely brightening up out there. I am running out of excuses to sit here wittering on. Though I still can't see my neighbours bringing up the rear.
8.40-9.00 Morning walk. It continued to brighten without a clear sun. I looped around the drives. The mist is slow to clear.
11.40 Full sunshine. I have been using a tall, tripod ladder, chain hoist and slings to lower an old telescope mounting from its massive steel pier. The pier was so embedded in the undergrowth that I needed the car and a long rope to pull it free. I welded the pier together and placed the mounting on top while I was still at work. So at least 18 years ago.
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