Shopping with panniers

[buddha]

Today I will be riding home with a couple of brampley apple trees (only small ones mind - about 5-6ft). They're only £3.99 each at Lidl.
About a year ago I did collect a new set of wheels from my LBS and carried them home bungied to the panniers/rack. Much to the amusement of the shop mechanic. Got a couple of comments from passing drivers along the lines of "You carrying a spare, just in case?"

 

[Arch]

I've posted this before...

I'd been riding, hence the hat, and the box and bog rolls are from a bulk order I chip in with some friends on. The panniers contain jars of pasta sauce, and bags of oats, and my chaps and whip...

 

[Mr Phoebus]

There ain't that many household items you can't transport by bike.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Admittedly not that exact bird, but one of same species. I found it exhausted in the middle of a lane. Several cars had gone over it (but not with wheels...). So I picked it up and put it at side of road and it couldn't fly off. So I popped it into a pannier and rang my local animal welfare group. Took it to a specialist vet where it was looked after. Apparently there was a shortage of insect food that year and many a house martin was starving. This one found itself in a room full of cages of wild birds being fed up to a sufficient weight to be released back into their natural habitat. So it hit lucky.

Awwwww, you're all heart. They're such pretty birds too.