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My Electronic Diary For March 2025

Monday 31st March 2025
 05:05 BST

  Yesterday was bright and sunny, and it was warm. The afternoon temperature rose to 16° C, and in direct sunshine it felt like summer ! It did cool down to as low as 7° C in the small hours of this morning.
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  This morning has started out bright and sunny again, but it is currently just 6° C. Once again it should warm up to 16° C after non stop sunshine. Tomorrow should also see full sunshine all day, but it may only warm up to just 14° C.

  After the really miserable day on Saturday, yesterday seemed to start with some sort of strange optimism. That was odd considering how bad my blood glucose was, and the need to do something about it. Fortunately the sunshine came as a saviour, and most of the day was fine. It is a shame that last night was a disaster ! My day is described, with some pictures, and my disaster of a night, and this morning is also described in my complete archived page for today.
Sunday 30th March 2025
 09:09 BST

  Yesterday was bright and sunny. It wasn't fully warm, but it seemed warm enough to go out without a coat - provided you mainly stayed in the sunshine, and didn't stop for too long. By 2pm the temperature rose to 14° C, and it only fell to 10° C by midnight.
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  This morning has started out bright and sunny, but it seems some clouds may only allow sunny spells for a couple of hours, but there should/could be full sunshine from midday. That should push the temperature up to a pleasant 16° C. Tonight may be a bit cooler than last night. Tomorrow may start as low as just 6° C, but more bright sunshine should get it up to 16° C again by 3pm. There should be at least another week of warm dry weather after this.

  Yesterday started off fine, and it should have been a good day, but by about midday it all went wrong, and yesterday was mostly a fairly miserable sort of day. I was feeling very negative for the afternoon and evening, and that would have consequences that threaten to spoil today. I have tried to describe the worst of it, plus the usual notes about my sleep (which was probably good) and this morning, all in my complete archived page for today.
Saturday 29th March 2025
 08:40 GMT

  Yesterday's weather was tricky to describe. The weather forecast was not quite right....but bits of it were right ! There was certainly a fair bit of rain in the morning, but even when that was over the clouds remained almost black for a few hours when the sun was supposed to have come out. The clouds did eventually break up and thin. The afternoon was mostly sunny, but there was one time when it got very cloudy again for maybe an hour. The forecast said the temperature might peak at 14° C at around 2pm. I think that was close enough to reality.
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  This morning has started out bright and sunny, but there are still some hazy clouds to be seen, and they may spoil the partial eclipse of the sun this morning. The first bite out of the sun should happen at 10am, and at 11am the moon will cover about half the sun. By midday it will all be over. By that time the temperature should have risen to 12° C , and by 2pm the temperature should peak at 14° C, and if reality matches the forecast it should stay that high for 3 hours before it cools off a bit. The sunshine should continue until sunset, and the night may only cool off to 10° C.  At 2am (or is it 1am ?) the clocks change from GMT to BST, and the sun will rise later, and set later (by local time). Tomorrow should be warm and bright with the temperature reaching a pleasant 16° C.

  The almost black clouds, yesterday morning, stymied my possible enthusiasm to possibly go for a walk yesterday. Later on it would have been very nice walking weather, but that bad start left me very mildly depressed. Later I would get some good news, and that cheered me up a lot. That good news, and the rest of yesterday, plus the usual notes about my sleep, and this morning, are all described in my complete archived page for today.
Friday 28th March 2025
 09:17 GMT

  Yesterday was generally warm and sunny. The temperature was only forecast to rise by the BBC to 17° C, but I think the met Office said 18° C, and it may have peaked at that for at least a single hour.
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  We are definitely taking a break from warm sunny days today. We have already had what seemed to be quite a heavy fall of rain, judging by the size of some puddles I can see outside, and there could be more rain before the clouds start to break up. I must admit that when I look outside, at an almost black sky, it seems unlikely that we will have sunny spells this afternoon, but that is what the forecast shows. It is possible that the temperature will reach 14° C for a single hour at 2pm. Clear skies tonight mean that tomorrow may start rather cold, maybe just 4° C, but strong sunshine should warm the day up to 14° C by early afternoon. Tomorrow could be the start of a 6 day run of fine warm weather.

  I think I can describe yesterday as a good day, or it was most of the time. Two things spoiled it a bit, although the worst of the second thing possibly peaked after midnight. On second thoughts, maybe yesterday's beer tasting session was not one of the better ones. I think I have described all this, plus the take of a terrible night, but semi-OK morning, in my complete archived page for today.
Thursday 27th March 2025
 08:36 GMT

  It took some time for the sunny spells to get going, lengthen, and turn into non stop sunshine yesterday, and it was all rather nice from about midday onwards. The temperature reached 16° C, and possibly a degree or two more. It was very comfortable shirt sleeve weather in the afternoon, and maybe good enough from as early as 11am.
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  There is some patchy thin cloud in the sky at the moment, but I don't think the sunshine has dipped in the last hour or so. The BBC forecast says there should only be sunny spells until midday, but the Met Office says full sunshine until 4pm when it will change to sunny spells. Both forecasters now agree that this afternoon will see 17° C, but the Met Office forecast at 6am said that 3pm would be 18° C. Tomorrow will start with light rain, but the afternoon should be dry with sunny spells, and an afternoon temperature of only 13° C. If the longer range forecast can be believed, the day after tomorrow starts a 9 day run of sunny weather.

  Yesterday was rather a good day. Of course there were also a few negative things, but they didn't seem to spoil the day. They seem to have spoiled this morning a bit, but I'll get to that in due course. The first good thing yesterday was starting to write quite early compared to many days. The best bits of my day are described along with noted about my night and dreams, plus notes about this morning, in my complete archived page for today.
Wednesday 26th March 2025
 08:03 GMT

  The forecast sunshine arrived late yesterday morning, and 2 or 3 hours it clouded over again, and that was it. The afternoon temperature reached the forecast 13° C. What wasn't in the forecast was that the afternoon featured light rain, and it became quite damp outside.
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  The forecast for today has been toned down a lot compared to what was expected a day or two ago. Mostly all the sunshine has changed to sunny intervals, and even worse is that at 8:22am I am still waiting for the first sunny spell/interval. Hopefully it will brighten up soon or the forecast 16° C is not going to feel like t-shirt weather when I go to the pub at lunchtime. Tomorrow may start with fog, but it may lift quite quickly to give a day that may feature a lot of sunshine - some as sunny intervals, but many hours of pure sunshine. It should take the temperature up to 17° C.

  When the sun finally broke through the cloud, yesterday morning, it sort of enthused me to try and be a bit more productive yesterday. The fact that the sunny weather didn't even make it to midday (and if I recall correctly, not even to 11am) didn't remove all enthusiasm, but I didn't do that much. What I did do, and other stuff, plus note about my sleep and dreams, and about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.
Tuesday 25th March 2025
 08:18 GMT

  Yesterday started off cold, grey and miserable. I think it may have even been at the forecast time of 11am when the clouds started to break up, and the first sunshine appeared. It was not until 4pm when the sky was almost completely clear, and we had stong sunshine, but it still seemed nice earlier in the afternoon, particularly compared to the morning. The afternoon temperature reached the forecast 14° C - not hot, but fairly pleasant.
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  The sun broke through the misty sky not that long ago, and so over an hour late according to the forecast. Incidently, the Met Office forecast predicted mist until after 9am. We may get full sunshine for a few hours, and then some sunny spells before it clouds over to give a dull and miserable day. The clouds could be black by 3pm, but at least the temperature should rise to 13° C from midday to sunset. Under a black sky that is definitely not t-shirt weather ! Tomorrow is not going to be as good as was forecast a day or two ago. Today the forecast says it will be a bit dull until 11am when we should hopefully get sunny spells. It could be 13° C, but it should warm up to 16° C, and that is definitely t-shirt weather even if most of the afternoon may only see sunny spells. At 6pm, just before the sun sets there could be full sunshine. The forecast a day or two said that there would be full sunshine from late morning. I wonder if tomorrow forecast will make tomorrow look even worse ?

  Yesterday was one of those days when the dull and horrible looking weather sapped any idea of doing anything useful, or almost anything at all. I did do a few things, but nothing that was that newsworthy. I might have more to say, when I get there, about my sleep than most of yesterday. My day, such as it was, plus my night, including part of a dream, and stuff that has happened this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.
Monday 24th March 2025
 08:02 GMT

  Once again the BBC weather forecast predicted thunderstorms, and long periods of rain for yesterday. The day started off dry but grey, and then the grey became darker and some rain seemed like it might be possible. There was definitely no thunderstorms, and no rain until about 6pm when there was a brief sprinkle of rain. Later on there was probably a bit of drizzle, but once it was dark I didn't really keep an eye on what was happening outside. I think the afternoon temperature did reach the forecast 15° C.
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  It is a grey morning, but the road looks dry outside, and so there couldn't have been much rain during the night. The whole of today should be dry, and by 11am we should (may) start getting some sunny spells leading up to full sunshine from 4pm until sunset. It should take the temperature up to 14° C by 2pm. Tomorrow will probably start fairly cold at around 6° C, but there should be full sunshine until 10am or 11am, but then it will cloud over. from 2pm they may be black clouds. No rain is actually shown, but the chances of rain at 5pm reach 25%. The afternoon temperature should reach just 13° C. Unless things change, I expected to be out on Wednesday in full sunshine and maybe 16° C - t-shirt weather again, but maybe only for one single day.

  After my very late night, and lack of sleep the previous night, yesterday got off to a very slow start. I had earlier thought I might do stuff around dinner time, but after writing I just laid on my bed and read and snoozed until I had to force myself to do stuff. There was not much to describe, but my day, night, and also this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.
Sunday 23rd March 2025
 09:17 GMT

  The forecast for yesterday said there would be zero sunshine, and there would be thunder storms all afternoon. They almost got the no sunshine right, and what sunny spells we did have didn't last long. The funny thing was that the best sunny spells seemed to happen when there were supposed to by thunderstorms. I don't recall seeing a single drop of rain all day long. It was almost a nice day with an afternoon temperature of 15° C. Had I known what the weather would have really been like I might have gone out for a short walk in the afternoon instead staying in and moping.
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  Once again the BBC predict some thunderstorms today, but once again the Met Office forecast only predicts some light showers, albeit from a grey sky that will probably be grey all day long. It was an almost warm night, and this morning started at 11° C, and the temperature should rise to 15° C. That would feel fairly nice if it was sunny, and the way the forecast has been getting things wrong recently, I don't rule out seeing some sunshine this afternoon. Tomorrow may start with almost black clouds. but the rest of the day should be brighter, and there could even be several hours of full sunshine. It may only reach 14° C by late afternoon, but even that could be t-shirt weather if the wind is not too strong.

  Yesterday was another day when I could not raise any enthusiasm to do anything. It was really quite boring, and there wasn't even the excitement of any thunder and lightning - as the weather forecast predicted. With no distractions I part lost control of my eating. As usual, my day, such as it was, plus my night, and this morning is all described in my complete archived page for today.
Saturday 22nd March 2025
 09:10 GMT

  Yesterday was a lot duller than the forecast predicted. In fact I can recall hardly any sunshine (including sunny spells) yesterday. I think it did warm up to the predicted 17° C, but it never seemed to feel warm.
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  The thing that is most interesting about today is the forecast thundery showers. The Met Office just says light rain for similar hours, and the latest revision to the BBC forecast (as above) now shows light rain for 1pm. Another difference is the BBC say a high of 15° C, and the Met Office say 17° C. It will be interesting to see who comes closer to reality.  Tomorrow is supposed to start with several hours of mist. That is possible, but somehow I doubt it. The rest of the day may be dull with rain later in the afternoon, and the temperature may rise to between 15° C and 17° C,

  Yesterday could have been dull, boring and depressing. It was just the first two. The dullness creeping through my window sapped and enthusiasm for anything at all. I hardly did anything all day long, but somehow the day seemed to slip by quite smoothly. I have described anything I can about yesterday, plus added some notes about my night, dreams, and also this morning in my complete archived page for today.
Friday 21st March 2025
 08:28 GMT

  It is reported that yesterday was the warmest day of the year - so far. The temperature rose to 18° C, and possibly a tiny bit higher. There were a few times when small clouds blocked or attenuated the sunshine, but there was a lot of strong sunshine for a lot of the daylight hours. By midnight the temperature only dropped to about 11° C.
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  Today may not be too bad. It is trying to be sunny as I type this, but that does match the forecast which says only sunny spells until three hours of full sunshine from 11am. The temperature may only peak at 17° C, but that is still pretty good. It all goes wrong at 7pm when it clouds over and starts to rain - maybe the start of another three rainy days. Tonight should still be quite mild, and tomorrow should start at 11° C, but it will only rise to 15° C. From 10am it will probably rain, and the rain may not stop until after 3pm. There could then be a few hours of sunny spells.

  Yesterday was rather a good day. I seemed to achieve stuff I was not sure I could achieve - at least not without causing later problems with things like aching muscles. It was all because it was warm, and mostly sunny. One problem is that the sun is still not high enough in the sky to light up more than a bit of my back garden. The rest of yesterday, plus notes about my sleep and dreams, plus notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.
Thursday 20th March 2025
 07:56 GMT

  Yesterday was almost more lovely and sunny than the day before. The temperature rose to 16° C, and that felt good, but just when it should have felt really good, during the afternoon, it started getting cloudy. It still remained bright, but the sunshine often became weak and hazy. The temperature did not fall very far in the night, and it was still 9° C at midnight.
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  This morning started at around 8° C, and if we are lucky the blue sky and sunshine will drive the temperature up to 18° C, or 20° C according to the Met Office forecast. Yet another day for bare arms when outdoors. It should be a clear night, but the temperature will not drop far, and tomorrow could start at 10° C, Once again there will be plenty of sunshine, but apparently the temperature may only rise to 17° C. It will start to cloud over by 5pm, and a couple of hours later it will start to rain, and this very pleasant warm and sunny spell will be over for the rest of the month, and maybe the start of next month.

  Yesterday was generally a good day, but also another tiring day, and it was rather spoiled by my lower legs and ankles complaining after walking for fairly short distances. I am so glad that I can get the train to go to The Jolly Farmers. It does not reduce the amount of walking much, but it does give a break in the middle. My day is almost completely described in my Complete archived page for today, and it includes the usual notes about my night and this morning.
Wednesday 19th March 2025
 07:48 GMT

  Yesterday was lovely and sunny. The temperature rose to 9° C, and when out of the wind, but in the sunshine, it felt very nice, but the wind seemed to be very chilling when caught in the open.
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  It was cold enough for a frost this morning, and at 7am my thermometers said it was still only 2° C. Apart from 4pm, which may feature only sunny spells, there should be strong sunshine today. The forecast says the temperature should rise to 16° C this afternoon. The wind should be light, and coming from a warm direction. It should be good enough to go out with bare arms today. It may not cool off too much tonight, and tomorrow is forecast to start at 8° C. A mix of sunny spells and sunshine may raise the temperature to 18° C this afternoon. Once again the temperature may not fall too far tomorrow might, and Friday may have reasonable weather before a lousy looking Saturday.

  Yesterday was a very tiring day, but it was a good day, and I think I achieved all but one thing I hoped to do. That was to ride on a class 701 train, but at least I did see one in service. Even what I thought was some rash eating decisions turned out not too bad. My day is described, and illustrated with a few of the photos I took, plus there are notes about my night, and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.
Tuesday 18th March 2025
 07:58 GMT

  Yesterday weather could be described as grim ! It may have been 9° C, but I felt cold - even in doors, and I had to burn a lot of electricity to stay warm. All because it was so cold and grey out.
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                    forecast  
  It looked like there was a frost on some cars this morning, but it might have just been condensation. 3° C at 7am does seem cold enough for from, although it is still bloody cold ! Today should feature non stop sunshine all day, but the temperature may still not rise above 9° C. However the Met Office forecast does say a possible 11° C. Tonight will be another cold night thanks to continuing clear skies. Tomorrow may start at 3° C again, but another day of sunshine may push the temperature up to a rather nice 15° C  - definitely t-shirt weather ! It may cloud over tomorrow night and the night will not get so cold. Although it is pointless to think any forecast more than 5 hours ahead may contain any truth, let's hope the forecast for the day after tomorrow is correct, because it is currently saying it could reach 17° C !

  Yesterday was a bit of good and a lot of bad. Going to Tesco was good, but I wore the wrong shoes. A grey and boring afternoon was bad. Also bad was my nose frequently dripping, and feeling like I should have been able to fall fast asleep every time I laid down, but didn't. The full description of my day, or what I can remember or describe, plus notes about my sleep and this morning, is all written in my complete archived page for today.
Monday 17th March 2025
 07:45 GMT

  Yesterday did feature sunshine in the morning, but I'm sure that turned to sunny spells before midday, and also did not seem to last into the afternoon. While the morning may have felt bright and cheery when indoors, it was not that nice outside. The afternoon temperature probably did go as high as 9° C, but it still felt cold. The thickening clouds stopped the temperature dropping too far at night.
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  The Met Office forecast shows very grey clouds for this morning. The BBC forecast (shown above) shows white cloud. I think reality is somewhere between the two. At about 7.40am we came very close to a sunny spell, and it seemed the cloud was not that thick. The temperature, without the aid of sunshine, could peak, for a single hour, 2pm, at 9° C. Then we may get a sunny spells, but the temperature will still fall back to 8° C. Like yesterday, the night temperature may only fall as low as 5° C. Tomorrow morning may start at 3° C, but it is currently shown as a sunny day, and all the sunshine could warm it up to 9° C for most of the afternoon. The wind will be from the west, and may feel quite gentle.

  Yesterday was mostly good, although the aftermath of it is not very good at all. The best and worst part would have been the afternoon drinking, and yet I feel I can only blame some of my woes on that. In fact I am not sure what to blame the worst of my woes on. My best attempt at an explanation of all these mixed ideas can be read in my complete archived page for today. It also includes notes about sleep and dreams, and how bad things are this morning.
Sunday 16th March 2025
 08:21 GMT

  Yesterday did feature sunny spells, as the weather forecast promised, but they were not good sunny spells - and I define good as helping keep my front rooms warm. From a frost in the morning it did warm up to 8° C, but it still felt very cold, and it was not helped by the strong breeze from the north. Once again the temperature plunged low enough at night for a frost this morning.
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  So far the forecast for today has got off to a good start. It was cold enough for a frost (1° C) and as I type the sunshine is streaming through my front windows. It has started as full sunshine, but by midday it might only be sunny spells. That should be good enough for the temperature to reach 9° C, and keep it there for three hours. The breeze is starting to move around and come from the north east, and so will still be a bit chilly. Tonight should not be as cold as last night.  Tomorrow may start at 5° C, but no sunshine until some sunny spells later in the afternoon, means that tomorrow may only see 8° C.

  I think I have to resort to that old school teachers trick when they can't think of anything negative or positive to say about a schoolboy - yesterday was "satisfactory". Actually there are not any real negatives, and at least one positive. I guess my diet control was not that bad either. My day, and my night and dreams, plus my morning are all described in my complete archived page for today.
Saturday 15th March 2025
 08:44 GMT

  The sun did eventually penetrate the clouds, and we had some sunny periods, maybe even sunny spells, but they didn't seem good enough to reduce my heating bill. The afternoon temperature was most probably what was forecast - just 8° C. Last night didn't get quite as cold as the night before, but freezing cold is not a lot different to icy cold !
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  The forecast for today looks very similar to yesterday. The morning temperature may be a single degree higher, but the temperature at midnight may be a single degree cooler, but the afternoon will still only be 8° C. It is quite cloudy as I write this, but the sun was out for 5 or 10 minutes (but has just gone in again). We should get more sunny spells through the day, and even full sunshine just as the sun dips below the horizon. So maybe bright and cheerful looking, but without a bit more warmth, nothing to get excited about. Tomorrow could be a bit worse than today, although it may be a bit less cold at midnight tomorrow.

  I think I can finally say that yesterday was not such a bad day, although I don't think I could bring myself to say it was a good day - maybe a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. It did get off to a good start based on my health indicators, blood glucose, blood pressure, and even weight. My day is described along with some notes about my night, and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.
Friday 14th March 2025
 08:34 GMT

  Yesterday was cold and wet ! The day started with drizzle - which did not appear in the weather forecast, although drizzle was shown for a little bit later. It may have then been dry until about midday, and then the tendency to rain got more and more likely. I think it was just before 3pm that I thought I heard some distant thunder. It may have been something else, but what happened half an hour later suggested not. We had a sudden very heavy fall of hail for 5 minutes or so, and then it reverted to moderately heavy ordinary rain. By about 6pm the rain had stopped, but we didn't see any sunny spells as shown in the forecast. The afternoon temperature was just a very cold feeling 7° C.
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  We should be having sunny spells right now, but so far the sun has not managed to penetrate the clouds, although I cans ee a quite bright area of cloud where the sun should be. This morning it was cold enough for a frost on the cars outside in the road, but today may be warmer then yesterday - by a single degree ! 8° C is forecast to be the afternoon temperature. No rain is shown for today, and the percent chances of it are very small, and it is still possible that we could get some sunny spells later. Tomorrow may be almost the same as today, but the early morning may not be quite cold enough for frost, and 5 and 6pm are shown as featuring full sunshine.

  I have no idea how to describe yesterday. I could grudgingly say that it was a fairly good day, or maybe "it had it's moments", but perhaps I am too pessimistic because I definitely improved my health with the results coming in this morning. Whether is was overall good or not so good, I have described yesterday, plus last night, and some of this morning, more fully in my complete archived page for today.
Thursday 13th March 2025
 09:43 GMT

  Yesterday was cold with some sunny spells, but also one quite heavy downfall of rain. Some lighter rain was forecast for midday and 1pm, and I think there was some drizzle then. The heavy rain didn't last more than 10 minutes, and happened shortly before sunset. The forecast said the temperature might briefly peak at 8° C, and maybe it did, but most of the afternoon was just 7° C.
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  Today was said to be another day like yesterday on the BBC news last night, but this morning has started with some drizzle, and yesterday didn't. The whole afternoon is forecast to feature light rain, and that is more then yesterday. The ends of the day were only a degree or two above a frost, and this afternoon is forecast to be just 7° C, and nothing higher. Tomorrow may be brighter, and ultimately a bit warmer with 9° C in the afternoon, but the morning may be low enough for a frost, and just 3° C by midnight. It looks like we will have to wait until next Tuesday for a moderately nice day.

  Apart from writing yesterday's piece, I did almost nothing while waiting to see if the Amazon order that was not delivered the day before would be delivered yesterday. Once that was confirmed I still did very little. I think the recent change in the weather left me feeling very low. Curiously I seem to have had a lot to say about a day where it seemed I did little. That is described, along with stuff about an awful night, and it all affected this morning, in my full archived page for today.
Wednesday 12th March 2025
 08:37 GMT

  Yesterday was brighter than the forecast suggested. There were quite a few brief sunny spells when none were shown on the forecast. From mid afternoon there were forecast sunny spells, and they lasted longer. For all that it was still a nasty cold day with the temperature only reaching about 9° C. During the evening the temperature dropped even further.
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  This morning has, to my surprise, started at about 5° C. Unfortunately I am still waiting to see the first sunny spell. I can see a bright patch of sky where the sun should be. I suspect we are caught between two weather systems, and that is why the forecast for today has changed several times in the last 24 hours. Having said that, I can see lots of blue sky, but it is all in the wrong place for any sunny spells. The one feature about today that is probably correct is that apart from possibly a brief spell at 8° C, most of the afternoon will only be 7° C. The other thing is that it could be a very cold night. Tomorrow is shown as an all grey day with a top temperature of just 7° C. No actual rain is shown, but the chances of rain seem as high as 29% some times. I don't think I like this reversion to almost wintry weather.

  Yesterday got off to a good start, but the day slowly deteriorated. It ended up quite miserable. It is likely to have knock on effects today. As I typed that the sun broke through for the first cheerful sunny spell - only an hour late according to the forecast. It has already faded out ! My day, as well as night, plus this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.
Tuesday 11th March 2025
 08:34 GMT

  The weather forecast for yesterday did get one thing right - in the midst of a very grey day there was a 10 minute sunny spell at midday ! It was quite mild yesterday with the temperature also forecast almost correctly with a high of 14° C. The only problem is that the grey light outside seemed to suck any warmth away and it felt like a cold day.
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  The weather continues to deteriorate. Today is going to be a bit chilly with only a maximum of 9° C for a couple of hours. There was almost a sunny spell around 8am when the sun was trying to peep through a small gap in the grey clouds. The forecasts say there could be sunny spells from mid afternoon until sunset a few hours later. The good news is that tomorrow will merely be not nice. Earlier forecasts pained a thoroughly nasty day. Tomorrow may now be a lot drier with just a light sprinkle at 10am. There might be a few sunny spells, but a maximum temperature of 8° C will still feel a bit winterish. That forecast has changed a lot in 24 hours, and reality could be very different still when tomorrow arrives.

  Yesterday could almost be described as a depressing day, and it was definitely made worse by the short spell of weak sunshine at midday. It made me feel annoyed that I was not ready to put on a light coat at a moments notice, and have a short frolic in the sunshine. Sadly it would have been a rather brief frolic if I had gone for one. I had quite a boring day, and it is all described, along with notes about my sleep and dreams, and about this morning, in my complete archived page for today.
Monday 10th March 2025
 08:54 GMT

  Yesterday was lovely. There were times when some thin cloud would weaken the sunshine, and make it seem hazy, but generally it was wonderful shirt sleeve weather. The afternoon temperature reached 17° C, and it didn't cool down too far at night, maybe still 9° C by midnight.
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  Sadly we have returned to poorer weather, and it will get worse before it gets better. The BBC forecast (above) says there should be sunny spells now, but it is no sign of the sun, and it looks a monochrome light grey outside. The Met Office forecast seems to be correct by adding some light mist as well as cloudy skies. It may not even stay dry today. The BBC forecast says light rain for just 4pm, but I note the ground is slightly damp from some rain in the early hours, and the Met Office forecast suggests drizzle quite a few times during the day. There is even some debate about the afternoon temperature - The BBC says 14° C, and the Met Office say just 12° C. Neither are terribly bad, but I definitely think a coat is needed if I go out. Tomorrow it just gets worse - mostly grey with a couple of sunny spells possible, and the warmest it could be will be 9° C for maybe just a single hour. The day after tomorrow will probably be colder and wetter.

  Yesterday was a very busy day by my standards. Before I could do anything else I had to get my web server up and running to serve these pages. That was just the start, but there were many other things I did, and I didn't really get to rest until after dinner time. The rest of my day includes some pictures taken yesterday, and my day, night and this morning are described in my complete archived page for today.
Sunday 9th March 2025
 09:37 GMT

  Yesterday was another warm day. The sun seemed to shine all day, and the temperature probably hit the forecast 16° C, but I can't be too sure about it, or what it was like outside because of reasons I'll explain in the main text of today's electronic diary.
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  Today is going to be a very sunny day, and the temperature should peak at a very nice 17° C.  Tomorrow may see lots of sunny spells, but no non-stop sunshine. The temperature should still rise to a good enough 15° C. After tomorrow we revert to poor and/or nasty weather - cold and grey days, and some days will feature rain !

  Yesterday was a very different day to anything I might have expected. My morning was typical - I wrote 2,593 words here, and then I had a rest. After the rest I was getting myself psyched up to finish the laundry I had almost, but not quite finished the day before, and also looking forward to some lunch. Then the phone rang...... The significance of that statement is explained together with notes about the rest my day, my night, and also this morning in my complete archived page for today.
Saturday 8th March 2025
 08:59 GMT

  Yesterday was another warm day, but it was not always sunny. Quite a bit of the afternoon featured a thin cover of cloud, but not so thing as to let any significant amounts of sunshine through (and usually, none at all). The forecast prediction of any afternoon high of 15° C was right right. The temperature slowly dropped from mid afternoon, and was down to 11° C by midnight, and it slowly kept dropping after that.
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  I think this morning started a degree or two less than the 8° C shown on the forecast. As I write this I think it has warmed up to 10° C - still a degree short of the forecast. It is lovely and sunny now, and it should remain so all day long. There is still a chance we will see 16° C this afternoon. Tomorrow could be almost identical to today, but we could see 17° C in the afternoon. Tomorrow night may be a little cooler as we start to lose the lovely weather. The day after tomorrow may be reasonable, but it currently looks like a long string of days that take us back to February weather.

  Yesterday was a mostly good day, but less productive than I hoped for, and there were some negative things during the day. Overall I guess I probably enjoyed most of the day to some extent. Yesterday was the day that Angela went to see the oncologist to get the results of her PET scan, and to find if her cancer treatment had worked. News of that, but a description of most of my day, last night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Friday 7th March 2025
 09:41 GMT

  Yesterday was another warm and sunny day. The forecast predicted a high of 14° C, and I think that was right. The main novelty is that it didn't cool down much in the evening, and we had a very mild night.
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  Today promises to be even warmer with the temperature hitting 15° C for most of the afternoon. There should be very little wind, and that 15° C could feel very warm in the sunshine. Tomorrow should be very similar to today, but it will be a little cooler tonight, and so tomorrow may start at 8° C, but even that is not too bad.

  Yesterday was a good day until it became bad, and it was mostly my own fault. I had a little run in with indigestion, but I will explain that, as best I can, a bit later. It was also a mostly a lazy day, but I did go out to get some shopping, and I did finally wash up every last item that had been waiting for me in the kitchen sink ! The full description of yesterday, last night, and also this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Thursday 6th March 2025
 08:30 GMT

  Yesterday was a splendid day. The sun was shining all day, and the temperature probably hit the forecast 13° C (or if not that, then definitely 12° C). To help things along there was very little wind.
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  Today should almost be a repeat of yesterday's weather, but with one useful difference. Today started off several degrees warmer, and so it should warm up to the predicted high of 14° C earlier. It is worth noting that The met Office predict a high of 16° C today ! Now that would definitely feel nice and warm ! The temperature is not going to fall much tonight despite the sky staying clear for a lot of the night, but it will start to get cloudy before sunrise tomorrow. It should mean that tomorrow could start at 11° C, but that same cloud will mean mostly sunny spells instead of sunshine, and the afternoon high will still only be 14° C. Saturday and Sunday may see clear skies again, and the temperature maybe peaking at 15° C.

  In terms of the weather, yesterday was a splendid day, but there were a few non weather things that spoiled the day a bit - mostly the current state of my health. One of the great things was being able to get out into the sunshine with bare arms. After just a few exposures they are looking less pasty now. All this is more fully explained, along with notes about my sleep and this morning in my complete archived page for today.
Wednesday 5th March 2025
 08:54 GMT

  Yesterday was a very nice day, although not quite as good a day as the forecast predicted. It took longer for the temperature to reach 10° C than forecast, and I am a bit unsure if it did reach the forecast high of 12° C, but it definitely reached 11° C. It was almost a cloudless day, and that meant the temperature fell quickly after sunset.
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  I am not positive about it, but I believe there was some frost around sunrise, but the forecast says it was 2° C at 7am. The Met Office forecast said it would be misty, but it seemed clear to me. Today should be much like yesterday, except that a high of 13° C is forecast. Maybe it will even warm up a bit quicker then yesterday. The temperature is forecast not to drop too low tonight. The forecast says it will be 7° C at sunrise, and the afternoon could reach 14° C after another day of golden sunshine. The day after tomorrow could start damp and murky, but the afternoon may still see sunny spells.

  Things never seem to be clear cut these days. Yesterday was good and bad again, although the bad wasn't quite that bad, and the good was fairly good. The important thing is that it was a bright and cheerful day - except for the pain. I'll explain all further down the page. The full account of my day, as well as my night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Tuesday 4th March 2025
 08:56 GMT

  Yesterday started started off with a frost again, but non stop sunshine slowly warm things up to 10° C (the claimed on TV that it reached 11° C. In my front rooms, with the sun shining through the south facing windows, the temperature rose to over 20° C, which was very nice.
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  The screenshot above starts at 8am, but earlier than that it was cold enough to leave a frost on things like cars outside. Today could be an improved version of yesterday with the afternoon temperature rising to 12° C.That should be bare arm temperature. It will be another cold night, but maybe not quite cold enough for another frosty start. It is possible tomorrow may see and afternoon temperature of 13° C, and it will probably not get so cold in the night. This run of good weather should last until the 11th March when it may be back to grey skies and rain for a week or more.

  Yesterday, by some measures, was a good day in so much as I achieved my main aim. However, there was a lot of the day that were not so good. Then again they were not actually bad. I'm not sure any bit was actually bad. It was also a day where some things happened that were not expected, and some others didn't happen. This is all explained in a bit more detail in my complete archived page for today, and which also includes good news about my night and this morning.
Monday 3rd March 2025
 09:04 GMT

  Yesterday started with quite a thick fog, and it took longer than forecast to thin out, and then go. After that I think we went straight to warm sunshine, and I think it was more sunshine than sunny spells until sunset. For all that the temperature still only reached 9° C, and that may have only been for a single hour. After sunset the temperature dropped fast, and by midnight it was just 3° C.
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  There may have been no mist or fog this morning, but the day did start with a thick frost, and once the sun had risen, glorious sunshine. The sky is forecast to stay clear all day long, and all the sunshine will raise the temperature to 10° C. Once again, clear skies will mean the temperature is going to plummet after sunset, and tomorrow will start with another frost. Once again it is going to be a sunny day, and tomorrow afternoon may see 11° C.

  Yesterday was good in parts, often "satisfactory", and towards the end of the day, very bad ! It was a day to take advantage of the bright sunshine, and I did in a way. I had a very lazy morning, and even a bit of the afternoon lazing on my bed reading while the sun was trying to dazzle me. My day, my terrible night, and the consequences this morning are all described in my complete archived page for today.
Sunday 2nd March 2025
 10:26 GMT

  What I said yesterday morning - A bit warmer, particularly in the morning, would have made yesterday a better day. Lots of sunshine made it nice to look at, but a start of just 2° C, and an afternoon high of just 9° C meant it was definitely not t-shirt weather.
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  It's another day starting with mist and fog. The mist lasted a bit longer than forecast. The last seemed to go just after 10am.  Today's high will be 9° C again, but much of today will only feature sunny spells, and full sunshine not starting until 4pm - according to the forecast. As I write this the sky looks very clear, and the sun has been shining non stop since it first burned through the last of the mist. After a very cold night, tomorrow is going to be a slightly improved version of today. That improvement may just be several or more hours of sunny spells today will be replaced by full sunshine....maybe.

  It's a very late start to today for reasons to diverse to fully explain. I didn't get up that late today, but lots of silly things have pre-occupied me - including another failed attempt at getting the zipper back on a zip ! To save time I had probably just write today as a précis of what happened yesterday. Yesterday is briefly described as well as some notes about my sleep and dreams, and things happening today in my complete archived page for today.
Saturday 1st March 2025
 09:09 GMT

  A bit warmer, particularly in the morning, would have made yesterday a better day. Lots of sunshine made it nice to look at, but a start of just 2° C, and an afternoon high of just 9° C meant it was definitely not t-shirt weather.
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  I'm not sure it was actually frost this morning. The lowest temperature I saw when I got up was about 4° C. It was also a lot like the earlier versions of the forecast that predicted fog. It wasn't that dense, but it was definitely fog and not most. I would say it is misty now, and it could be several more hours before the sun burns through it. If the rest of the forecast is correct (and I doubt it) there will be non stop sunshine for most of the daylight hours, and a high of 9° C this afternoon. Tomorrow may start clear, and cold enough for a frost. The sunny spells, and an hour or so later, non stop sunshine will still only raise the temperature to 9° C again.

  Yesterday was quite a good day, although much of the goodness was the sunshine, but I did do a few worthwhile things, and those were satisfying enough to call it a fairly good day. One bad thing is that I thought I had not controlled my eating as intended, but it seems I did better than I thought. My day, night, and this morning, is described more fully in my complete archived page for today.