Quote Originally Posted by PeteS View Post
I hate November! Is there really anything to commend it?
Today's cycle commute was a very wet and windy one, not helped by all of the leaves that are now blocking drains and causing standing water everywhere. Then the inevitable decision of ploughing headlong into said puddle or try to avoid by pulling out in front of some vehicle that probably hasn't seen you in the dark even though your decked out brighter than most Christmas trees.
I don't mind the weather in November; I've got very used to cycling with a full set of waterproofs on in recent weeks! It's the darkness early in the afternoon that many of us find depressing.

I often wonder whether this is why there are so many "events" crammed together at this time of year. Within three weeks we have, in quick succession: Halloween, Guy Fawkes night, my stepmother's birthday, Remembrance Sunday, Loughborough Fair, and Children in Need - oh, and Diwali should be somewhere in there.