15.07.2026 Oh dear?

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  Wednesday 15th 59F/15C [6.50] Another sunny day is promised. With a high of 27C/81F. So hotter again. 22C/71F in the room. No heat pump running. 15C/59F in the fully open greenhouse.

 Up at 5.50 after a fairly quiet night. It took a long time to get to sleep. Too many naps during the day! 

 I ought to get on with the camera installation before it gets too hot again. Refilling and compacting the trench is a priority. 

 7.20 Trench refilled. It is pleasantly cool outside.  

 9.30 I have connected the camera and tidied up. Five camera viewpoints now. The robot mower is busy again. I am watching it from indoors. It is never out of sight now. No more blinds spots. I found the beech, asphalt rake ideal for leveling the new molehills on The West Lawn. I'll have a shower and go for a modest ride. Morning coffee before I go. Just to ensure I am topped up. 

 12.00 78F/26C. The dentist gave me an immediate appointment in one hour. Having just ridden 10km I had to turn round and ride straight back home again. For 20km. It was hot and quite a crosswind. Legs achy and without much strength. I had planned to ride onward but now had no time. I can shop from the car.

 13.30 79F/26C. Back from the dentist. Over half an hour in the chair. Uncomfortable but no real pain. A new plastic filled tooth. I didn't feel up to shopping afterwards. So drove home. I suppose I had better have some lunch. Relaunched the robot mower.

 The mower has done a remarkable job on very rough West Lawn. There is no doubt that it has been mowed. This is after two tours today. The drive is rather less impressive. No doubt it will respond to more clipping. The robot has gone back to its charging station for the moment.

 I have switched on the heat pump. After the room reached 24C/75F. 

 I spent an hour filling the drum of the garden roller with sand. The silly thing has a hole and a stopper only about 30mm in diameter. So I sat on a little stool beside the sand heap and used a narrow trowel to shovel with. 

 I am thinking that it ought to be filled right up. Or the sand will act as a brake on the inside of the drum. There is plenty of sand left but rapidly diminishing patience!

Dinner will be toast. Or, rather, fresh, bread rolls with tuna. 

A trial with the roller proved that I had exceeded the critical mass. I could hardly move the thing! Barely pull it. Impossible to push! Grr? I'll just have to empty it again. But how? Leave the stopper out so the sand dries and pours readily? That would take ages. Even in a heat wave and sunshine.

   

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