I enquired of my Bianchi shop when I could book my bike in for a fine-tune. The answer was that you drop it off and three weeks later you might hear something, if we have the parts, and with the increasing difficulty in that regard our advice is the sooner the better.
So, mind concentrated, off I set down to Woodrups of Kirkstall under a clear sky. I thought it was cold (it was actually several degrees below freezing) but that was a pleasant memory when it started hailing. It was 15.5 miles and I returned home using two buses and was reminded again that once your core is cold even being on a bus doesn't warm you up. What did warm me up was walking the last mile to my house but walking the other 15.5 miles did not occur to me until too late. I must make a note for next year![]()