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My Electronic Diary For November 2026




Thursday 12th November 2026
09:45 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.
today's weather
  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
09:32 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.
today's weather
  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
09:32 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.
today's weather
  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
08:57 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.
today's weather
  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
10:02 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.
today's weather
  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
10:03 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.
today's weather
  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
09:40 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.
today's weather
  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
09:53 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.
today's weather
  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
10:31 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.
today's weather
   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
09:14 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.
today's weather
   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
08:46 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.
today's weather
   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
09:36 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.
today's weather
   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.