[Cyclefrance]

OK - contryside time! - all this concrete reminds me of the 30-odd years I travelled up to London and back each day, and taking 3 hours in total out of the day to do it. So that's 3 hours x 200 days x 30 years - jeez, that's 18,000 hours, or 2 years of my life (!), just standing on a platform or sitting/standing inside a train....!

Now it's a local job - in the winter I drive there but once the daylight improves I cycle for 2 or 3 of the days in the week. When using my bike, I try for quieter roads - sure, 19 out of 20 cars and trucks give you a wide berth when they overtake, but it's the 20th that's the problem. So I keep bsuy roads to the minimum.

The other thing is, well, most of you won't know where I'm talking about (or showing you photos of) - so here's a map of the route I take to start with - red marks the way (plus a bit of pinky-mauve color on the way back where I deviate from the morning route). So here we go...