Clarity

Well, that didn't work terribly well, did it? I won't go into great detail as to what has happened between the beginning of this year (and those well-meant resolutions) and now. Suffice it to say that the vast majority of it has been distressing, stressful, sorrowful and has caused me to go into a retreat deeper than any I believe that I have had before.

This period of time spent in reflection and recovery has been useful however, and has resulted in a number of positive things like the big photo printer has been sorted out and is now in use, a lot of decluttering and tidying has gone on, some photography has occurred (!) and I have had an idea and have started to write again for the first time since the early nineties. This is very exciting for me.

I have not had nearly as much time out on the bike as I would like due to an illness that I have had and the fact that there are no showers available at work at present, but I hope my mileage will increase again soon. I have started to take short rides out in the evening now that the clocks have changed and will ride some more at the weekends too. The weather has been a factor in this too - look at the following piccies. The first was a gloriously warm seventeen degrees at eight in the evening. I sat on a hillside and had a picnic that evening. Less than two days later there were two inches of snow on the ground.