Confrontation

Rode in yesterday as well (too busy to write in here though) which was cold and blowy but mostly uneventful. Confronted a driver who cut me up on the way home but he was so apologetic, obviously hadn't seen me, there was nothing much I could do.. A 6'3" bloke in a fluorescent yellow jacket riding a pink bike...what exactly does it take for people to notice you?

In other news, car cost 240 quid to get through it's MOT. I could buy a nice new commuting bike for that..sadly still need the car for weekends..

Headwind

20 mph headwind all the way in to work, so what you might think, at least I get a free push home... Oh no. Sodding thing has just changed direction 180 degrees at exactly lunchtime...Grr. This intelligent design argument might have a point, but I tell you, if there is a god, he's a cantankerous sod..

Blue skies and only one major threat to my life..

Lovely morning to cycle in today. Despite feeling knackered from climbing and biking in the evenings this week, the blue skies gave me enough encouragement to make the effort. One pillock tried to turn right across me, but apart from that it was a lovely ride in..

Back on the bike

Well I'm back on the bike. It's been quite a long lay off, due in part to the freezing winter weather, partly due to having to put in long days at work and partly due to training for the toughguy event.
That's all behind me now (and the Toughguy was great fun if you like mud, water, barbed wire and more mud..) so I can finally get back into the rythm of commuting under my own steam.
A nicely non-eventful ride in to welcome me back. The roadworks at the Newport end of the old A48 are still in progress and stil have a long single lane stretch meaning cyclists must rely on the patience of car drivers to avoid unpleasant overtaking related disasters. It was damn cold too, my toes were like ice cubes when I got to the office..
39minutes 37s door to door, I want to get that under 30 minutes by the summer.