16.07.2026 35km and a recumbent.

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  Thursday 16th 60F/16C [6.40] Bright overcast. A sunny morning, cloudy later. High of 25C/77F. Light, southerly winds.

 Room at 22C/72F without the heat pump. All internal doors open. Several windows on ventilation. Fully open greenhouse 15C/59F. Pond water at 70F/21C. 

 Up at 6.10 after a quiet night. Some wakefulness. Weird dreams.

 The new camera was shining brightly all night. When it only wants to light up on a detection. I have reset it to Smart. [LED lights on detection only.] When constantly lit it attracts countless moths and flies.

 Robot set mowing. I walked to the end of the drive to put up a warning notice on an absent neighbour's bin. Two new, large molehills, Raked them out. The lawn is looking very pale. While the drive is mostly lush green.

 Should I go for another ride? Same goal as yesterday. Major new railway bridge and enormous earthworks. Skewed and very close to the raised motorway. With a major E-W road passing underneath. Shopping midway on my return. Nobody else stocks my favourite, organic, porridge oats. I like to keep a reserve in the larder. In case I can't easily reach the outlet. 

 Just had an online chat. To make sure I am fairly upright today.  

 That was interesting. The neighbour's cat was walking down the drive. It seemed to completely ignore the oncoming robot until the very last moment. With their paths opposed but parallel and only inches apart. The cat did a sudden loop around the robot at a slight trot. Then on without caring if it was being followed. Meanwhile the robot ignored the cat. It would have stopped if the cat had presented a real obstacle. 

 9.15 Early morning coffee and the bike is prepared. The robot mower is working along the drive. I shall send it home before I go for a ride. 

 9.45 74F/23C. Bright sunshine. Off we go.  

 11.45 79F/26C. Back again. 35km. A chap on a recumbent was resting at a bus stop. So I stopped to chat. In Danish. Later I reached the new railway bridge. Where the main road underneath has been reopened. Along with two cycle paths. Protected by pillars. For safe passage in the darkness. 

 Note the striking skew of the bridge relative to the roadway. The approach embankments, for the new railway, are still a long way from completion.

 The next image shows the similar skew of the existing motorway bridge. Complete with sound blocking fencing.

 The afternoon was spent much more quietly, online. 

 Dinner was a salmon pasty, peas and chips. Before you all tut-tut, it is over a fortnight since I last ate chips.  

  I reset the new security camera to stop showing lights day and night. I was seeing insects in close-up even in bright sunlight. I was hoping it would only show lights when it detected an alert situation.

 

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