Seeing your inaugural post, and as the chap who bought a tandem carrier off you earlier in the year, you've tempted me also to put finger to keyboard.
First, to say that I'm very pleased to see that your back on wheels and under your own steam. After our conversation about tandems, trikes, etc. you switched me on to the possibility of acquiring an "upright" trike (as a complement to my Windcheetah) and dipping into the Tricycle Association website I picked up on your medical "challenges". It must have been a huge shock to you and your family. But "good on you" for not letting it stop you "pedalling".
Would it have been you I saw a few months ago, on a recumbent trike, on the cycle / pedestrian path coming downhill alongside the mighty-MoD? I was going up and exchanged nods with whoever was piloting the machine. I was "undistinguished" on that day, on an upright bike.
You may recall I was awaiting delivery of a Raptobike. It arrived. So, most of my recumbent riding this year has been on two rather than the three wheels. And, with enough two-wheeled miles in now (1000+) to have taken me through the heart-stopping, buttock-clenching phase, I have to say it's tremendous fun; almost relaxing - even commuting to work in "our" local traffic.
Keep turning the cranks and I hope to see you out and about on your, more streamlined, trike.
[I still enjoy dipping into your old "Recumbent UK" mags].
Andy