Tuesday 13th January 2026

No one ordered fog.

I certainly didn't.

Most other weather can be dealt with, mist and fog doesn't seem that big a deal for some drivers, neither does being seen apparently. During the day at least.

But at six in the morning, traffic is light, and those of us who are out have our lights and fog lights on.

Later, as well as fog we would have heavy rain too, quite the combination to make you think it better to stay inside and look at the raindrops racing down the outside of the window.

But before then, there is gym.

I arrive safe, only for there to be a line of cars leaving, and the carpark half full. Seems something in the pool broke and so swimmers were being turned away.

Nothing to affect us gymrats, though. So I go in, and take the stairs up again, rather than the lift to the first floor. Then on the bike and line up a podcast to listen to.

And off I go.

And forty minutes later, I am done.

And hot and glowing.

Back home then so Jools can have the car to go into town for another class, and I will relax at home with a brew and catch up on podcasts and the like.

I have a shower and so am all nice, clean and fragrant when Jools comes home, so we can have breakfast.

There is nothing we need, and outside heaving rain is falling from the fog. Its an impressive thing, two types of weather at the same time, but not nice to be out in it.

So we hatch stuff on the i player about Pompei and more Digging for Britain, between reading and drinking brews.

Lunch was pizza and beer. Jools had been into town and been to M&S, so these weren't just pizza....

They were OK, but probably not as good as Tesco's, if I'm honest.

For the evening there was football: League Cup semi-final between Newcastle and Citeh, which Citeh win 2-0, but was a good game, and closer than the score suggests.

Kept me awake, anyway.