Thursday 31 December 2009

Last Day Of The Year

This the last day of my 'official' holiday from work, tomorrow being a Public Holiday - and my body chooses today to breakdown with a heavy cold. I've a headache, sneezes, the works. So, we wont be going out tonight to celebrate the New Year and New Decade, we'll be jealously keeping our diseases to ourselves and having a quiet celebration of our own, probably accompanied by various films and TV programmes to let us know When The Bell Tolls... :-)

Friday 25 December 2009

I'm Dreaming Of A...

White Christmas.
Its been sooooo long since we had one here, it's almost a novelty. Can it really be true? Has Santa decided its our turn?
Whatever, even though I've had to use trains, buses and trams to get to work instead of the bike, I think its absolutely great.

Merry Xmas and a Happy, Safe, New Year!

Wednesday 2 December 2009

I've Been Neglecting Betty

After several days of travelling to and from work in the dark, I had a late start one day (after the rush hour) - and after parking up at work I realised how filthy Betty* (the bike) had become.

From front to back, the damp roads had done their worst - red paint was visible on the tank and top part of the fairing, but going further south, it degenerated though a grey haze into mucky black.

Saturday morning is now allocated to giving Betty a good going over...

*Betty - named after the previous owner had 'Betty Swollocks' printed in the bottom of the number plate.
It's as good a name as any. What a wag :-)