Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

A bit fresher and windier than I was expecting, it was supposed to be +16 degC and a SSW wind (a taily) it felt like a headwind all the way. I think I need to give up on this headset and get a new one, there's just too much play. Ive tried fettling it a bit but no success. It was like this a year ago and I gave up and took it to a bike shop. There was one cheeky pull out from a taxi driver on a narrow road to a roundabout that I go under and drivers usually get stuck at blocking the cycle path. But it was so quiet today that he got straight out and I only had to sit up.

 

[markharry66]

Just a hard stare this time. He didn't close pass to be fair, which if he had it would have meant an added hand signal. 👍

Dont forget your marmalde sandwiches helps with a hard stare apprently.

 

[biking_fox]

Gusty swirly winds, not sure which way they're coming from. Warm. Not actually damp, but feels like it might be soon. Legs really feeling this first week back after only a short break. But still smiling to sail past the queues of stuck drivers.

 

[fossyant]

Gusty swirly winds, not sure which way they're coming from. Warm. Not actually damp, but feels like it might be soon. Legs really feeling this first week back after only a short break. But still smiling to sail past the queues of stuck drivers.

Traffic was pretty bad in places on the way home, such a smug feeling snicking past them, especially having driven one day this week.

 

[C R]

Traffic was pretty bad in places on the way home, such a smug feeling snicking past them, especially having driven one day this week.

Drove our oldest to her university accommodation yesterday. Manchester University main campus location, it reminded me why I didn't use to drive in Manchester.

 

[fossyant]

Drove our oldest to her university accommodation yesterday. Manchester University main campus location, it reminded me why I didn't use to drive in Manchester.

Watch the bus lanes (Oxford Road) otherwise it's a big fine - you can't drive on it.

 

[C R]

Watch the bus lanes (Oxford Road) otherwise it's a big fine - you can't drive on it.

The info from the uni on how to get there was very good, and traffic signs are clear. I quite like Oxford Road through the campus now, it is much nicer than when I was there in the early naughties, except for the electric motorbikes.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

Picture of the aftermath from this mornings commute! Delivery driver took out the railing with his van, 6am so more than likely his 1st drop of the day!

 

[All uphill]

Today was a commute around the Salient Battlefields in Flanders.

Paying respects to our fallen and musing the needless slaughter in futile laws

Very moving. Unbearable and pointless losses on both sides.