A commute of contrasts. The first 45 minutes or so up to reaching Eccles were very pleasant. My usual front light, which yesterday had been playing up forcing me to use an older "be seen" light, together with my camera light, decided to work. No rain, despite the 40% forecast, albeit damp roads, pleasantly cool, no idiot drivers and having to stop at only two sets of lights and one of those was for road works.
Eccles saw a change to all that. In the last 20/25 minutes; three car RLJers in quick succession, including one driver whose boredom at stopping threshold seemed to have been peaked at a minute or so and he was crossing the junction whoever was coming from other directions; several cyclists with no lights at all; stopping at almost every set of lights and rain.