Sunday 17th January 2010 – There’s been a major change in the weather today.

I don’t just mean that it’s not rained, or that the sun came out, but a significant shift.

The temperature in my room was in double figures this morning when I woke up – the first time for weeks – and it actually felt warm. Outside the sun was doing its best to break through the clouds and on bank 1 there was almost 40 amp-hours of solar energy and on bank 2 about 26. And that’s significant. The charge controller on bank 2 is set to disconnect at a lower voltage figure (14.1 volts) than bank 2 (14.2 volts) and so the difference in amp-hours indicates that the charging circuit has been getting close to full charge, and that’s the first time since mid November.

It also stayed light after 18:00 and that’s the first time since November. Of course, spring is a long way off and we’ll have much more snow before then but at least it seems that the cold spell we’ve had for 6 or 7 weeks has gone away for now. It makes me feel much more enthusiastic.

I’ve done nothing at all today. It’s Sunday and my traditional day of rest and it’s been a long time since I’ve sat around and relaxed. But then again I think I’ve deserved it. I’m going to have an early night too. I have to get myself fighting fit ready for this interview thingy with this French radio station.

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