Sunday 21st December 2025

At 15:03 GMT, the winter solstice occured, and so from that moment there will be a little more light each day.

As ever, at first the changes will be so slight we will not notice, but come the end of January, we will notice, then the increase will acceperate until we reach 21st March, while after that there will still be more light each day, the daily increase will lessen each day.

Anyway. Sunday was bright and sunny.

Its Sunday again.

It would be nice to lay in bed, but I don't want to get fat feet, so am up at six, and after coffee we are out of the door just before seven.

Jools goes swimming, while i go to the bike, and instead of cycling round a city or national park, I go to You Tube as the bike has internet access, and line up a video from a train cab in Switzerland.

Only trouble with that was not being able to see the info page or the time ticking, so as the train sped through the snow-covered fields of Switzerland, the time passed.

I did know the podcast I was listening to had only 44 minutes left t run when I started, so get to the end or near the end, and I would have done it.

I did three minutes short. Which is OK, and as I though Jools would go to the steam room after her swim, I got a coffee and sat down with a flapjack too.

Jools appeared.

No sauna.

So I drank up and we left via the petrol station at Tesco, and then home.

We had another brew, listened to the radio before I had a shower and changed, again.

The morning passed.

We ate at one: grilled duck breast, flavoured rice, creamed spinach, sprouts with bacon and peas.

All very nice and fairly healthy. Apart from the duck, the cream in the spinach and the streaky bacon.

And the beer.

And football in the afternoon. Rangers up first, losing to Hearts in Scottish kickyball. Then Villa v Man Utd, which was good, and Villa won.

Earlier, England lost The Ashes in 11 days. 11 days to lose three tests. It happened overnight when I slept, so can pretend it never happened.