Don't really remember much of what I did today apart from baking a fruit crumble, big pot of Delia Smiths horribly delicious custard and a batch of very successful Meringues from the six egg whites left over from the custard, I will now have to try Delia's "Eton Mess" with the meringues and custard - lots of Etonians around in the UK with custard on their faces.

The crumble was not really a hit as I used a pot of frozen fruit puree instead of the frozen destoned but whole fruits. And worst still it was a type of Mirabelle plum that is incredibly sour. In very small quantities and with even more sugar added to that which I put in prior to baking plus that in the crumble, it becomes a major concern for blood sugar levels going way off any known scale.

Angie did manage an afternoon ride. She is having a hard time mentally with her father. I haven't reported on this issue for some time and don't really want to say much as it is so depressing. He turned 84 on Sunday and I did indeed speak on the phone to wish him a happy day but with gritted teeth. He has never done me any personal harm and over the years has often performed much-appreciated building work in our various houses and stables, but his treatment of his three daughters is simply disgusting and that goes back 60 years. His first child was a daughter and bad news, his second child was a daughter and was terrible and when the third daughter appeared, he didn't even go to the hospital to see mother and child. Divorced and remarried he had a son who from that moment on was the only person of any worth in his life and remains so even as he lies on what will be his deathbed in the coming months.

That the son couldn't care about his health and is more concerned about the cost of keeping him alive is of no importance. At least two of the daughters have metaphorically been kicked in the teeth by him the moment he could stand after weeks of them daily nursing him. The girls have drawn back but regardless of decades of being treated so badly, they keep going back for more and try to keep him alive. Today it transpired he is again hanging on a thread and sonny boy is showing his normal lack of concern. Angie stepped in again but it's so difficult from afar.

I can't come to terms with this - it eclipses any Brexit or Trump problems. If he dies without doing a 180° turn, I will not be mourning his passing, something I would not have said 4 months ago.

As you can see, it was at least a nice day, if cool. PV electricity generation for the month has passed the level for the whole of November last year and with luck will get more. However, the stable weather is also not good as it invites fog and the sun has no strength to burn it off.