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My Electronic Diary For July 2026




Monday 13th July 2026
08:53 BST

  After a dull, and rather cool start to yesterday, the sun broke through the thin clouds, and we had non stop sunshine until sunset. The morning started off feeling quite fresh at just 17° C, but the sunshine raised the afternoon temperature to a warm but not too hot 28° C.
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                    forecast
  This morning there are straggly clouds that occasionally dim the sun, but at the moment it is quite sunny.  By midday the forecast promises full sunshine, but it will only raise the temperature from this morning's 15° C to 26° C for a couple of hours. From 7pm some more light clouds will change the full sunshine to sunny spells until sunset. It is going to be another cool night. Tomorrow may start at 17° C, and it will be cloudy. The cloud will lift by 11am, and then we may have full sunshine until sunset. Tomorrow afternoon's high may be a warm 19° C.

  Yesterday should have been a good day, and a lot of it was not too bad. It is a shame I rather wrecked everything later in the the afternoon. My day is described, and illustrated with some photos, plus some notes about this morning, and it can all be seen/read in my complete archived page for today.
Sunday 12th July 2026
09:18 BST

  Yesterday was slightly cooler than the day before. The afternoon temperature only peaked at 22° C, and that was after non stop sunshine. The sun continued to shine until sunset. The odd thing is that I am not sure I can't remember times when it clouded over, but yesterday's weather forecast, which is of course infallible (cough) said full sunshine all day.
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                    forecast
  The first few hours of today were dull, but I think it was a bright sort of dull ! From 9am full sunshine is forecast until sunset. That will take the temperature up to 28° C after a fairly cool start. last night escaped being another tropical night, and even now it still feels fairly fresh (currently 22° C at 10am). Tomorrow could start as low as 15° C, and the first few hours will only feature sunny spells. Full sunshine may only start at midday, and tomorrow afternoon may only reach 26° C. That should still be nice and warm in the sunshine, but not too warm.

  Yesterday was quite a good day for some types of good. Despite saying I ought to go out somewhere, I stayed in all day, but I managed to control my sugar intake well enough to get my blood glucose level down to almost sane levels. My day, yesterday, and some notes about this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for yesterday.
Saturday 11th July 2026
08:18 BST

  Yesterday was slightly cooler than the day before. The afternoon temperature only peaked at 29° C, but that still felt plenty warm enough. 
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                    forecast
  With an early hours temperature as low as 18° C at 6am, it just scraped under the definition of a tropical night, last night. Today may be a whole degree cooler than yesterday, but a day of non stop sunshine, and 29° C predicted for this afternoon, it is still going to be a bit sweaty......although a breeze from the east may help it feel fresher.  Tomorrow is going to be very sunny again, and once again the afternoon temperature may peak at 28° C, but if the forecast turns out to be the same as reality, it will only be for two hour at 2 and 3pm The temperature drops a degree or two per hour either side of that. The breeze, once again from an easterly (or north easterly) direction may be a bit stronger, and may make it feel even fresher (but may be only in the shade).

  Yesterday I was sort of busy taking remedial action after I found my blood glucose had gone super high in the morning. What I did helped, but the danger is not over yet. The full version of yesterday can be read in my complete archived page for yesterday, and which also includes some notes about this morning.
Friday 10th July 2026
09:41 BST

  Yesterday was very warm with the afternoon reaching 33° C. Fortunately the humidity seemed low, and so I was not pouring with sweat - just dripping !
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                    forecast
  After another tropical night, with the temperature over 20° C, it was still 21° C at 6am. At the moment the sky not fully clear, but we have full sunshine, and the full sunshine could continue until midday. The afternoon may only see sunny spells, and maybe the temperature will only peak at 29° C - which is quite hot enough.  From 5pm full sunshine may resume, but tonight may escape being a dubbed a tropical night by the skin of it's teeth. The night time temperature may be 19° C. Tomorrow may see full sunshine all day, but the afternoon temperature may only reach 28° C. Tomorrow night may almost be cool by comparison, but the forecast 17° C is still going to mean having a fan on all night.

  Yesterday could be described as a disaster, or at least the end result of it was. I'll explain that later. Other than that is seemed a mostly pleasant day, and it was a pleasant beer tasting afternoon, but that left it's legacy, and it was a very bad one. The full description of my day, night, and this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Thursday 9th July 2026
08:25 BST

  Yesterday got very warm with the afternoon reaching 32° C after non stop sunshine. Like the day before, it did get quite sticky. It ended up as a "tropical" night.
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                    forecast
  This morning, at about 6am, it was 23° C after what seems to be now called a "tropical" night (with the night time temperature over 20° C). By this afternoon the temperature could reach 33° C. The afternoon may only see sunny spells after a morning of full sunshine. I doubt the sunny spells will give any respite, and I feel that the afternoon could be very humid and extremely sticky. After sunset it will cool off, but it looks like tonight will be another hot and sticky tropical night. Tomorrow may feature almost non stop sunshine, but a maximum of only 29° C is forecast - probably because the wind will be from the east.

  I have already described yesterday morning because I continued to write after I came back from seeing the nurse. I guess I could describe yesterday as one of the better days, although maybe I am paying for it now. My full entry for today can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Tuesday 8th July 2026
07:34 BST

  Yesterday got very warm with the afternoon reaching 30° C after non stop sunshine. Like the day before, it did get quite sticky, but somehow did not feel oppressive. It ended up as a quite warm night.
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                    forecast
  The forecast of 21° C this morning seems correct. If the rest of the forecast is correct we will see non stop sunshine, and an afternoon temperature of 32° C. That could feel quite hot and sweaty. There will be another hot night with the temperature staying over 20° C all night. Tomorrow may see a little less sunshine - the afternoon may only see sunny spells - but the afternoon temperature may still rise to 32° C. It seems we are having another heatwave that may only start to cool a bit in a weeks time.

  Yesterday was a very frustrating day. It seemed like the parcel I was waiting for might never be delivered despite Yodel's terrible website suggesting it was on it's way - without really giving any details. On the other had, I did manage to lose a useful amount of weight, and my parcel did arrive before the day was over. My full description of the day, plus notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Tuesday 7th July 2026
08:43 BST

  Yesterday got very warm with the afternoon reaching 31° C after non stop sunshine.....and yet it did not feel exceptional. Maybe I have become partly acclimatised to these temperatures. Maybe it helped that the humidity seemed low.
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                    forecast
  Last night, and this morning, my barometers predicting rain. Last night the forecast said clear skies, but a glimpse out of the window showed dark, heavy clouds. It seemed to be all the ingredients for a thunderstorm. There was no thunderstorm in the night, and today's forecast shows non stop sunshine all day. That seems slightly unlikely because a lot of the sky looks a bit milky from lots of thin, high altitude, clouds that will attenuate some of the sunshine. Having said that, the sky to the south is starting to look blue, and maybe non stop sunshine is now not looking unlikely. The only surprise left is that today will be one degree cooler than yesterday with the afternoon only forecast to be 30° C, although that is quite hot enough, and in direct sunshine it could be scorching hot ! Tomorrow could be a re-run of today, but the afternoon may reach 31° C.

  Yesterday had it's moments, but mostly it was a frustrating day. On the other hand, I was pleased that I managed two tasks successfully, although I am not really sure how I should desc,ribe that success. I'll explain that a bit further down the page. My day is more fully described in my complete archived page for today and it includes the usual notes about this morning.
Monday 6th July 2026
09:26 BST

  Yesterday only featured full sunshine for the last couple of hours before sunset. Before that there were sunny spells. The afternoon reached a warm 27° C.
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                    forecast
  Apart from the first and last hour of the forecast, today should feature full sunshine, and that should raise the afternoon temperature to 31° C. It seems we will have a hot and dry day. Tomorrow may feature full sunshine all day long, but contrary to earlier forecasts, when something like 34° C was predicted, the latest prediction for tomorrow is only 29° C.

  Yesterday was quite a good day, but it also brought hardships because of my very high, and getting dangerous, blood glucose. Trying to fast was the worst hardship. I did manage to get myself out for a walk in the park, and that may have helped a bit, but not enough. My full description of yesterday, plus some photos, and some notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.
Sunday 5th July 2026
08:52 BST

  I thought it might rain yesterday morning. The sky looked very cloudy, and it had a sort of feeling of rain about it. It actually stayed perfectly dry all day. Although cloudy we still had sunny spells through most of the morning, and from about halfway through the afternoon we had full sunshine. The temperature had risen to 28° C by 4pm, and it was another rather sticky feeling day.
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                    forecast
  Like yesterday, this morning seems fairly cloudy, but the sun still keeps finding gaps in the cloud to shine through now and then. It is possible that between 10 and 11am the clouds will be thick enough to completely block the sun. By 7pm we may get a few hours of full sunshine before the sun sets. It will be cooler than yesterday by a single degree - today's high, at 4pm may be  27° C. No rain is forecast for today. Tomorrow could feature full sunshine throughout the daylight hours. It could raise the temperature to a sizzling 30° C by 3pm. By Wednesday we could see afternoon temperatures of just over 30° C for several days. The Met Office predict some days could see 33° C, and yet maybe it is because it is now July, no weather warnings or extreme heat have been issued (yet).

  Yesterday was, in some respects, quite a good day. Yesterday I finished by saying I would definitely not be going out at all. It was supposed to be reverse psychology, and it worked. I did go out, albeit only to buy shopping. My day is more fully described, along with notes about this morning, in my complete archived page for today.
Saturday 4th July 2026
08:15 BST

  Yesterday started, and ended, with full sunshine. The middle of the day just had sunny spells. It was 4pm before the temperature peaked at 25° C. I don't remember it being that warm, except maybe for a couple of hours in the afternoon when I did feel a bit sticky. It was another completely dry day.
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                    forecast
  This morning it seemed fairly bright, but it was a couple of hour later before I saw sunshine strong enough to cast a shadow. It is still quite cloudy, and just as I wrote the last sentence the sun went in. To my mind it looks like it could rain, although no rain is shown on the forecast. From 3pm to 9pm we could have full sunshine, and that may raise the temperature to a very sweaty 28° C if the humidity is high as well. Before 3pm we may just have sunny spells, or sunny intervals (and I am unsure what the difference is between the two).  Once again it should be another very dry day. Tomorrow may see more sunny intervals than full sunshine, but the temperature should reach 28° C again, but maybe just for a single hour. Tomorrow should also be a dry day.

  Yesterday was another day when I thought I might do stuff, but somehow I either could not be bothered, or distracted myself by reading (both book and the internet) enough that I ended up doing nothing else. What I did do yesterday, and which includes taking one photo (and some video to be shown later) is all described in my complete archived page for today, and which includes the usual notes about this morning.
Friday 3rd July 2026
08:22 BST

  Yesterday was quite warm, almost mildly hot. After a cool feeling start, and light sprinkling of rain, the temperature rose to 26° C by 3pm. The forecast said there should have been full sunshine all afternoon, and up to sunset. I can't seem to remember it being that sunny, but these was some sunshine. Once again the temperature feel low enough to feel chilly in the night.
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                    forecast
  There is definitely a lot of thin cloud around, but the sun is out as I write this, but it feels unlikely we could get full sunshine until midday. My guess would be sunny spells, and then maybe full sunshine when the forecast (above) shows only sunny spells. Whichever way round it is, the afternoon temperature should reach 25° C. That should feel very warm in full sunshine, and maybe quite warm enough even if only sunny spells. Much of tomorrow could see full sunshine, but the current forecast shows a few random hours of only sunny spells and even a single hour with no sunshine at all. It may well be a couple of degrees warmer than today.

  Yesterday could be said to have been dominated by just two things, and the rest of the day was rather dull. The first major thing happened after a minor, but still important thing - a shower. Later on I would go shopping, tidy the kitchen, and taste some new beers with Jodie and Michael. My full account of today, which includes some notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Thursday 2nd July 2026
07:31 BST

  Yesterday was another fairly cool day. After sunny spells in the morning, the sky clouded over. The temperature still rose to 25° C by 4pm, but with mostly a grey sky in the afternoon it seemed to be almost cold despite what the thermometer read. After the last full sunshine, albeit when the sun was very low in the sky at 9pm, it cooled off, and was down to 17° C by 1am this morning.
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                    forecast
  The sky is definitely cloudy enough that light rain at 8am, as shown in the forecast above, does seem very possible. However the clouds are starting to dissipate, and we should/could soon see some sunny spells, and from midday there could be full sunshine (which I find hard to believe). The sunshine should raise the afternoon temperature to 26° C. It looks like it will be another cold night with the temperature down to 15° C. The cold start to tomorrow may not last long because full sunshine is forecast for the first hours of the morning. From 10am some light cloud will return, and the rest of the daylight hours may only see sunny spells. Tomorrow afternoon may see 25° C.

  I described much of tomorrow morning, after I got back from the surgery, and there is no more to add to that - except one thing. I was told I could pick up my next repeat prescription if I went to the pharmacy after 5pm, but I couldn't be bothered to go out again. The rest of yesterday, and the usual notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page for today.
Wednesday 1st July 2026
08:14 BST

  Yesterday was fairly cool. The afternoon peaked at 23° C. It was not a dry day, but only because of some light rain in the morning, and a small sprinkle at midday. The afternoon featured some sunny spells, but there was no full sunshine.
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                    forecast
  We start this new month with some sunny spell, and there was possibly full sunshine at 7am, as per the forecast. Much of the day will be dull, but maybe there will be full sunshine for 9pm - just as the sun is setting !

  Yesterday was another day when not much happened. I can probably dispose of it in just a few paragraphs, but even that may not be quick enough to finish before the big thing today - which is a visit to the surgery at 9.30am to discuss my blood pressure. All I wrote about yesterday, plus some notes about this morning, including my visit to the surgery, can be read in my complete archived page for today.