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Monday 23rd 40F/4.4C [8.15] A cloudier day with veiled sunshine. A chilly 62F/16.7C in the room. 47F/8.3C in the greenhouse. I ought to light the stove but will leave it until later. The sun might yet surprise me with some free warmth.
Up at 6.25 after a typical night. Once in the upright position I had to keep clearing my throat. That has passed. Riding in the cold wind must have given me toothache yesterday. However, that too faded overnight.
8.30 Time for a walk. Reset to default.
9.00 Back from my walk. It wasn't very warm but the traffic was light. The sun broke through the dappled sky. The greenhouse is already up to 58F/14C.
I decided to clean the pond pump in the greenhouse. It was covered in algae. Brushing and spraying finally cleared it.
I have also been outside dismantling an old telescope mounting. The shafts had become very fixed. So I needed patience and ingenuity to remove them.
13.30 Lunch over. I have just had a pleasant phone call from a local heating company. About my installing a heat pump. The office lady spoke excellent English. Which made it remarkably easy for me to discuss my plans. Their surveyor is coming at 7.30am on Friday. I hope he will be experienced enough to make some useful suggestions. Installation will probably occur in April. Excellent news!
The stove has lifted the room to 70F/21C using a total of three split logs. Two laid on the bottom plate to start. A third log placed on top when the base logs were burning well.
Dinner ought to be the second piece of chicken breast. I might add fried chicken to bread rolls. Like I did with the sausage. Or just have another fry-up to use some of the eggs.
The eggs still had some days left. So I went with the sliced fried chicken on wholemeal bread rolls.
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