2 weeks ago, it was all damp, misty and cold - now it's decidedly wet, snowy, foggy, icy and sub-zero.
Nevertheless - 372 miles covered in the last fortnight, that's 8,670 ytd - through snow, ice, frost and arctic winds. On the up side, once the Cayo comes out of hiding in the Spring I'm gonna fly!
Take this morning for instance, by the time I got to work 25 miles and sadly over an hour and a half after leaving my house, I had frozen fingers and toes, my back brake had seized (fortunately off not on) and my water bottle's contents were solid. - BUT having said all that, I am kind of enjoying it (must be the sadist in me?)- need either some better or an extra pair of gloves, but am warm otherwise, I am resigned to the fact that I will be cleaning theb ike twice a week, that I will be slower, so just simply concentrating on turning them pedals over and over...
Only one almost altercation with a vehicle when a car slewed out in front of me at a crossroads where I had the ROW - he had skidded due to braking way too late despite my best efforts of impersonating a xmas tree he allegedly had not seen me - words were exchanged - his were apologetic - and on we continued.
3 weeks of 2011 left, 330 miles to complete to hit the 9000 - oh yes!
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