Ireland day 1528. Thursday 04 December 2025- Ill again

Today’s summary	Was still feeling ill, so spent the day in the flat trying to conserve my energy. Didn’t achieve much, though I did have a good video call catch up with a friend in London in the morning. I also did some washing. Watched a film on Netflix in the evening.
Today’s weather	Dry bright and sunny after overnight rain. Almost no wind. Appx 6c

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route)		Close-up location (The blue line shows where I was) (No GPX today)

Commentary

I don’t know what particular lurgy I’m suffering from at the moment, but I do know that it’s pretty horrible. Far worse than the Covid I had a few weeks ago.

The last 24 hours have been a re-run, more or less, of the previous. I was coughing all night so only got 3 or 4 hours sleep. My nose is streaming and I feel achey in my shoulders. Not a lot to recommend it at all.

So I decided to stay in the flat all day. I don’t feel like eating a lot at the moment, so the soup I bought yesterday will keep me going without needing to go to the shops. I had meant to spend some more time on the Christmas cards, but just didn’t feel up to it.

But it wasn’t a day completely lacking in achievement. For a start, I washed my socks (you can tell what sort of day it was if washing socks is a highlight). But more interestingly I had a good video catch up with a friend in London. I think they were glad to be separated from me by a video screen, so they weren’t subjected to the full force of my coughing and spluttering.

Right now I’m thinking about the evening’s entertainment. Last night I watched “Thursday Murder Club” on Netflix which just did the job. Silly, implausible and light. I’m looking for something similar for tonight and am currently considering “Knives Out”. I’ll report back.

Anyway I’m stopping now as I’m running out of steam. I’m sincerely hoping I feel a bit better tomorrow because I honestly don’t know how I could feel any worse. But our bodies have an endless capacity surprise us, so we shall just have to see.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)