Clarity

I'm watching the nights drawing in with terrifying swiftness, and being an SAD sufferer, am trying not to feel too gloomy. I know that riding in the evenings and picnicking will have to wait until next spring soon, especially if I get another job that requires nine to five instead of eight 'till four-thirty or longer hours, so I'm trying to get as much in now as I can.

SO - I firstly went to visit the mad houses not far from us who compete annually to see who can have the most outlandish flower display. I hoped there were still flowers, and I was not disappointed:



After another 6 or 7 miles I fancied a nice little drinkie and somewhere comfy to sit to eat my scotch-egg supper. So I plonked down here:



and contemplated the quiet and birdsong and sunset for a while. It was extremely relaxing. I had some savage hills to go up and down on the way back, which I managed fairly well for me, and clocked up my maximum speed so far - 28.8 MPH. Not bad for a mountain bike with knobblies on, eh?