My outside sensor is in danger of becoming senseless. (It's not the only thing. Lo,TG Ed.)
I have one of those nifty electronic weather thingies. The outside sensor has developed a leak, so tends to lose it's way in the rain.



Plan one was to put it in a plastic bag but this seemed to cause localised global warming because of the greenhouse effect. Apparently the temperature went up to 69 degrees centigrade. I'll remember to do this during the winter.

I decided to make a little house, with tiny, automated sun blinds to keep it out of direct sunlight and with cunning ventilation so it didn't suffer from lack of a good air supply.

I then realised the easiest solution.



I rushed out and bought a cuckoo clock. I got rid of the cuckoo by overfeeding it so it went to sleep, and then chucked carefully placed it on a boat in the marina. It'll probably be down in the Algarve when it wakes up, so we could be reunited later in the year.
Then with gaffer tape, staples and super glue I stuck the sensor where the cuckoo used to be and mounted the assembly on the outside wall. So now it's living in comfort most of the time and only has to poke it's head out every hour to access the weather situation. It can then dry out or have a bath or whatever before having to go to work again - brilliant.
(Living in comfort? Poke it's head out? Why is the weather guage telling the time ..... loudly? Lo,TG Ed)