Now that we have several ways of measuring our office temperature, I thought I’d look at the external temperature too. I think it’s all this talk of a really harsh winter ahead in the UK that is making me obsess about the weather. So anyway, I ordered this nifty thermometer that you stick on the outside of your window.

It was quite difficult to get to the outside of our office window. We’re partially below ground level and so have a large wall covered by really thick bushes gently sloping down to our office window. After climbing the fence, dropping off the wall and making my way through the undergrowth I was able to reach the window. A group of colleagues helpfully stood there saying, “you’re gonna get in trouble, did you not read those health and safety guidelines” and I did get a nice selection of thorns and twigs attached to me. Anyway, task completed we now have an outdoor thermometer stuck to the window (currently reading 3 degrees C).

Looking at this picture, they really do need to clean our office windows, but I think it’s just too difficult for the maintenance people to get to them.