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My Electronic Diary For November 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday 12th November 2026 |
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0945 GMT
Yesterday was wet. There was light rain from before sunrise, and it continued non stop until the end of the afternoon. The evening was dry, but it was cold. The morning started at 9° C, and then it fell to 8° C for a couple of hours before rising back to 9° C. From 8pm it dropped to 8° C, and at midnight it had dropped to 7° C. ![]() This morning started as
low as 5° C, and it may only warm up to 7° C this
afternoon. We have already had a weak sunny spell or
two, and there should be more until from 1pm there
may be full sunshine. It should look nice, byt at
just 7° C it is stil going to feel very cold even in
full sunshine. From 4pm the temperature will fall
until at 6pm it may be down to just 4° C. The rest
of the night will see the temperature drop to just
2° C by 2am. 6am tomorrow may see just 1° C, but
strong sunshine may warm the afternoon up to a still
bloody cold 6° C. During tomorrow night the
temperature may hit 0° C, and possibly lower. We
should see the first severe frost of this autumn.
Yesterday was probably the first day that I was not running to the toilet all day (although it was only in the previous 3 or 3 days that I was having to do that). It should have been a good day, but the lousy cold, grey and wet weather meant it was still a bad day. I did not write a lot about yesterday, but what I wrote, including my usual notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page about yesterday. |
| Wednesday 11th November 2026 |
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0932 GMT
Yesterday started fairly cold with the forecast saying 6° C, and my thermometers saying it was between 8 and 9° C.The forecast also said there would be sunny spells in the morning, and the sun was trying to shine through the clouds, but I am not sure there was ever a pure sunny spell. The afternoon managed 10° C, but by 2pm the temperature was already falling towards 9° C, and then it stayed there for the rest of the day. from 4pm it started to rain, and it is still raining this morning. ![]() It is between 8 and 9° C
again as I write this, and the rain continues to
fall....although maybe it has stopped, or just
paused, or maybe it is currently too fine to see. I
just checked next doors kitchen extension roof, and
that nice flat surface does show that some very
light rain continues to fall. This afternoon may be
just 9° C, and in the rain that will not feel good.
The rain may stop at 5pm. After 7pm the temperature
will start to fall - first to 8° C, and then 7° C by
midnight. It will get colder still. Tomorrow could
start at 5° C, and at 7am it may have dropped to 4°
C, but it will then rise. A nice sunny afternoon
should see a finger tingling 7° C. By midnight it
may be down to 4° C, ad after that it may fall to 3°
C.
Yesterday seemed as if it should be a good day. My stomach seemed to return to normal after the intended effects of the Plenvu that emptied and then washed out my bowels. That barely lasted the day, but more about that coming soon. There were a few good things during the day. All I wrote about yesterday, and the usual notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page about yesterday. |
| Tuesday 10th November 2026 |
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0932 GMT
Yesterday started with fog, but it was not dense fog, and by 9am it was no more than mist, and still thinning. the forecast sadi yesterday started at just 5° C, but when I checked at around 9am it was 8° C. The afternoon reached 10° C, and there were some sunny spells, although they did not seem all that significant. After sunset the temperature dropped, and by midnight it was down to 6° C. ![]() It is between 8 and 9° C
as I write this, and the sun is doing it's best to
shine, but the sky is covered by misty clouds that
make it look pale grey. Maybe the sun will "burn"
off more of that high level mist, but from 11am it
is forecast to be more cloudy, and the day will be
more grey. After 1pm the temperature will drop from
today's high of 10° C to 9° C, but then it may stay
there until well into the early hours of tomorrow
morning. The temperature will stay there as we are
wrapped in clouds that are forecast to produce light
rain from 4pm, and not stop until sometime tomorrow.
That sometime tomorrow could be 2pm. It should be
dry, but still grey after that.
Yesterday was, to some extent, a good day. I did a couple of jobs that I had been waiting to do, and I mostly felt OK. In some ways it was like a glorious Monday after a really boring Sunday. I didn't think I had a lot to say about yesterday, but it seems I did, and it can all be read in my complete archived page about yesterday, and which includes a few notes about this morning. |
| Monday 9th November 2026 |
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0857 GMT
Yesterday started with mist, but it was quite thin mist. Once again it was also just 6° C at 8am. Must of the day was grey, but the forecast said there might be a few sunny spells at the start of the afternoon. I can't honestly remember seeing them. The afternoon was a quite chilly 9° C, and by 5pm the temperature started to fall. By midnight it may have been down to just 5° C, and mist was forming again. ![]() This morning's forecast
was for a foggy start, but there is only a vague
hint of mist in the far distance. By my reckoning,
the temperature as I write this is around 8° C, or a
couple of degrees higher than the forecast. This
afternoon may feature sunny spells, although looking
at the sky now doesn't make it seem likely. The
afternoon temperature may reach just 10° C. After
sunset the temperature will fall away to 6° C by
midnight, but it might rise to 7° C by 6am tomorrow.
It will be a completely grey day tomorrow, and as
well as being cold it will rain from about midday
onward. The afternoon may only be 10° C, but the
temperature may only fall to 9° C by the early hours
of the day after tomorrow.
Yesterday was all about "bowel preparation" - at 5pm I took the first dose of Plenvu. The first dose clears the entire intestinal tract, and the second dose causes it to be washed clean. At least that is the theory, but there more to this than just that. Yesterday, plus events in the night and this morning, are more fully described in my complete archived page for yesterday. |
| Sunday 8th November 2026 |
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1002 GMT
Yesterday started with fog ! It was also just 6° C. As the morning ended the mist lifted, but it never got any brighter outside. It was a very dull day, and the afternoon only reached 10° C. I think it was only condensation that often made it look wet outside, and there was probably no rain. In the evening the mist resumed, and continued into the night. ![]() This morning was a bit
misty, but it seemed thinner than some mist we have
had. It was forecast as a very cold start, but as I
write this, my thermometers say it is just over 10°
C, and that is a degree higher than is forecast for
this afternoon. Maybe the afternoon will see the
forecast sunny spells for 1 and 2pm, and maybe it
might be warmer than the 9° C forecast. By midnight
the temperature is forecast to fall to just 5° C,
and from 1am a mist will form again. It may still be
5° C at sunrise tomorrow, but the temperature should
start to slowly climb to a high of 10° C by the
afternoon.
Yesterday was quite a dull day, and that means more than the dull weather. Not a lot happened, and I spent a lot of the time thinking about my diet - the low fibre diet I am on in the build up to what happens tomorrow (Monday 9th) - my appointment with the endoscopy team who want to stick a camera up my bottom. All I can think of to say about yesterday can be read in my complete archived page for yesterday. |
| Saturday 7th November 2026 |
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1003 GMT
Yesterday was another cold and grey day. Even at 10am when a sunny spell was forecast it stayed grey, but a few hours later the sun could be seen, albeit rather dimly through the misty clouds. The afternoon was forecast to reach 11° C, and I think that was about right. By 10pm the temperature had dropped to 8° C, and by 3am this morning it was forecast to be just 7° C. I am not so sure it did actually fall that far because the world seemed to be wrapped in a thick layer of cloud and mist this morning. ![]() The Met Office only went
as far as mist for this morning, but this time the
BBC forecast got it right - fog ! It was
real fog with visibility down to a few hundred feet,
or maybe less. The fog has now thinned, but it is
still misty as I write this. The temperature at the
moment is just a tad over 8° C, and so it is
possible that it was as low as 6° C at 8am. It is
forecast to be a 100% grey day today. The afternoon
may only reach 10° C. By 8pm the temperature may be
down to 8° C again, and mist may descend. Oddly
enough, the next three hours are shown as clear, but
mist returns again at midnight when it may be just
7° C. It is forcast to still be 7° C as late at 9am
tomorrow. The day will start, and probably end with
mist. Tomorrow afternoon could see a few sunny
spells, but the afternoon high may only be 10° C for
a single hour at 2pm. There was talk on the news
last night of another Polar Vortex bringing heavy
snowfall this winter !
There is not a lot to say about yesterday. It was almost the same as the day before. It seemed too cold and while it didn't seem to rain, it seemed quite damp outside (enough to make my old knees stiff). It was not a day for outdoor activities. Nevertheless I do seem to have written quite a lot about yesterday, and this morning, and it can all be read in my complete archived page for yesterday. |
| Friday 6th November 2026 |
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0940 GMT
Yesterday was another very grey day. It was also a day when the temperature didn't vary much. It was 9° C in the morning. 10° C in the middle of the day. By 5pm it was down to 9° C, and by 10pm it was down to 8° C. Despite being very grey, and sometimes seeming to look damp, no rain seemed to fall that I was aware of. ![]() The forecast said there
would be drizzle at 6am this morning. I did not see
it, but the road outside looks slightly wet. There
is a 20% chance of rain at 3pm, but it will probably
stay dry all day - even if it looks like it could
pour with rain at any moment. My thermometers were
saying 9° C when I first looked at about 8am. Like
yesterday, there will not be much change in the
temperature through the day. The afternoon may see
11° C, and also black clouds. Before and after that
it will be 10° C, and then a degree less either side
of that. So a cold and gloomy day ! The latest
revision says mist will fall from about 11pm, and
continue through the night. It may mean an even
colder start to tomorrow with just 7° C shown for
the first hours of the morning. The mist may finally
lift at 10am. After that it will be miserable and
grey with an afternoon high of just 10° C.
Yesterday was a dull sort of day - both the weather and how life felt is easily described as dull. It was the first day of my 4 day low fibre diet, and that seemed to set the day. There is not a great amount to add to that, but what I have added can be read in my complete archived page about yesterday, and it also included some notes about this morning. |
| Thursday 5th November 2026 |
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0953 GMT
Yesterday was a very grey day. It was quite depressing, and it felt cold. Then again, just 11° C in the afternoon can't really be described as anything but cold. The forecast gave a low chance of rain from mid evening, but I don't think any rain fell. By 11pm the temperature was down to 9° C and it stayed there for many hours. ![]() It is still 9° C now, but
very soon it should be 10° C, and that is as high as
it will get today. By 5pm it will fall to 9° C, and
by 10pm it will be down to 8° C. The whole day will
be grey, but the chance of rain would seem to be 0%
all day long if the forecast is correct. There could
be a light shower at 5am tomorrow, and it may
continue until 6am, but no other rain is shown for
tomorrow's forecast. Like today it will be a very
grey day, but in the early hours of the next day
morning there could be mist.
Yesterday was a mostly depressing day. It was a combination of the dull weather, and thinking that tomorrow (today) I would be starting my 4 day low fibre diet that will culminate in the Endoscopy team attempting a colonoscopy on me. There was a bit more to yesterday than just that, and my entire entry, plus the usual notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page about yesterday. |
| Wednesday 4th November 2026 |
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1031 GMT
Yesterday morning started with some sunshine, but it was cold, although only the sort of cold expected at this time of year, 8° C. By the afternoon the temperature made it up to 12° C, but the sunshine, and then sunny spells, gave way to some light rain. by midnight the rain had completely stopped a few hours earlier, and the temperature was down to 9° C. ![]() Another 8° C start
to the day ! Today will probably be dry, although a
small chance is shown from mid evening. However, it
is forecast as a completely dull day with no hint of
sunshine no matter how brief. The afternoon should
reach 11° C, but by 3pm it will drop to 10° C, and
from 11pm it will be down to 9° C. There is not even
a small chance of any rain tomorrow, but the day
will be dull, and possibly very dull for the first
couple of hours. The highest temperature forecast
for tomorrow will be 11° C at 1pm, but before and
after that it will be 10° C. The morning and evening
may only be 9° C,
Yesterday was another unexciting day (except for one short period), and I did go shopping in Tesco. That was another short period of being slightly exciting. The full description of yesterday, plus the usual notes about this morning, can be read in my complete archived page about yesterday. |
| Tuesday 3rd November 2026 |
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0914 GMT
Yesterday started at 9° C,
but by 7am it had dropped to 8° C. After a couple of
hours it started to warm up a bit, and there were a
few, very few, sunny spells until sunset. The
afternoon reached 12° C, but the wind was from the
north, and could feel a bit cool sometimes. After sun
set the temperature slowly dropped to 9° C after 9pm.
The forecast shows it as a completely dry day, but I
got caught in some very light rain in the afternoon.
![]() Another 8° C start
to the day, but we now have sunshine, although it is
often hazy sunshine. As I write this at 10am the sky
is fairly cloudy, and as per the forecast we are
losing the sunshine, The afternoon should still
reach 12° C, but from 2pm we can expect rain for a
few hours, with more possible from 9pm. Once again
the temperature will drop to 8° C in the night. I
guess we are doing well, because November often sees
some frosts in the morning, but there is none
forecast up until the last day of the advance
forecast that ends on the 13th. The headline icon
for tomorrow shows a grey cloud, but the full
forecast shows a scattering of sunny spells. It may
be dry tomorrow with an afternoon high of 11° C.
I can't bring myself to say that yesterday was a good day, although I suppose there were good bits later in the day. My day effectively started with a very tepid shower, and a pleasant walk to the hospital. The rest of my day, along with some notes about this morning, can be read about in my complete archived page about yesterday. |
| Monday 2nd November 2026 |
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0846 GMT
Once again yesterday
started fairly cold at about 8° C, and the
forecast said it shoul d have dropped to 7° C at 7am,
and only for that hour. The forecastalso said there
would be mist, but all I saw was a hint of haze in the
distance. I think I remember seeing at least a quick
glimpse of sunshine, but the forecast showed the whole
day as being dull. The afternoon was no higher than
11° C. At 5pm it dipped a degree, and then another,
but by 11pm it went up a degree. It did not seem to be
an exceptionally cold night.
![]() No mist was forecast
for this morning, and none was seen. At 6am the
temperature was 9° C, and it was still falling. At
7am and 8am it dipped to 8° C, but it should rise
again to 12° C this afternoon. It may be helped by a
scattering of sunny spells. There is a tiny chance
of rain today, just 18% at worst, and it will almost
certainly be a dry day. Tomorrow may see a few sunny
spells, and there is a very low chance of a few
showers during the day - possibly too small a chance
except for 3pm when there is a 49% chance of rain
(but even that is low enough that rain is unlikely).
Tomorrow afternoon may see a high of 12° C, but it
will probably be quite dull.
Yesterday was not a good day, but it was not a bad day either. In fact some bits could be called slightly good, and most of the day is better described as dull. My description of yesterday, plus notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page about yesterday. |
| Sunday 1st November 2026 |
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0936 GMT
Yesterday fairly cold at
about 8° C, but it was clear with no mist. After about
9am it was bright and sunny. Initially it was just
sunny spells, but from about 2pm it was full sunshine
until sunset. The afternoon reached 14° C, but in the
sunshine that was OK for just shorts and t-shirt. I am
unsure if it actually happened, but mist was forecast
from 11pm, and was shown as probably lasting all
night.
![]() There is a weather
warning this morning for more, and possibly thicker
mist or fog, but this morning there is only a barely
perceptible haze in the far distance. Today is
forecast to be a very dull day, but no rain is
forecast. This afternoon may only see a high of 11°
C, and with no supporting sunshine that is going to
feel quite chilly. Once again a cold night is
expected, although possibly not as cold as last
night. The latest revision to the forecast shows
some drizzle for 1 and 2am. From sunrise tomorrow
there could be some sunny spells scattered across
the day, and they may help the afternoon to rise to
12° C - which may feel OK during any sunny spell
that comes along.
Yesterday, to my surprise, was a good day. It was a day when I finally, after saying I might do it for weeks and weeks, felt in the right state of mind to take my newest camera for a walk in the park. My day is more fully described, and includes notes about this morning, and photos taken yesterday, and all can be read and seen in my complete page for yesterday. |