Good morning. Still dark so I don't know about the weather. We are gravel riding to a favourite cafe today, near Radcliffe. It's called Branch 14. Why? The building was originally the home of the 14th branch of the Cooperative Society. Great little cafe run by grandparents, mum and four daughters.
@Chief Broom another recommendation for SPDs. On your concern about walking I would say don't worry. A well maintained bike should not let you down unless you suffer an unpredictable catastrophic failure. My #1 tip would be clean the bike very regularly as this means one is closely inspecting it at the same time. Keep the drive chain, cassette and rings scrupulously clean and lubed as this makes for efficient riding and good maintenance.
In 50+ years I've walked once and been rescued once. The walk was 3 miles when a tubeless tyre suffered a big puncture. I was very inexperienced with tubeless at the time and didn't have the right kit to fix it. Today I would be able to fix it.
The rescue was when my free hub failed, one of those things which it is very hard to predict. There had been an erratic click for a while and possibly I should have pushed my LBS harder to find it.
I'm very tired of early waking. It's getting worse by the day.
Good morning folks, struggled with the wordle this morning, I quickly got the last three letters but couldn't get the first two even though it was obvious, must do the house work today, I keep saying I'm going to do it then haven't so I must make the effort, its getting dusty.
Thanks Paul/dave r/Mo and everyone for helpful advice 
its about 9 yrs old now and has been carted all round the Highlands and has survived a lot of battering.
