indeed, I was in the hall until midnight doing my last job of a busy weekend, new rear pads (down to the metal), new front brake cable (snapped last Wed), cleaned rear rims (metal dust from aforementioned pads), general wipe with damp cloth and then patched the spare tube (no fancy doing it outdoors in this weather)
and a tyre inflate and mickle with finish line wet before setting off this morning
push to the main road and thereafter a brilliant ride with the bike feeling very good, all proper roads though