Today's Bike Ride

[Graham Breeze]

I have started singing with a choir that rehearses in Belton village hall, 7.5 miles from home, so the ride there and back is likely to become a regular Wednesday evening jaunt. It has been taking me more than 40 minutes each way, with all the junctions, traffic lights, a few hills, and not wanting to arrive too sweaty (I'm wearing "normal" clothes, not cycling gear, apart from the shoes). I'm in two minds as to whether to get myself a decent front light; since I have generally done very little rural night-riding, I currently have a cheap light that is OK for lit urban roads. But I rather enjoy relying on night vision while riding in the countryside (and the off-road section of NCR6 between Shepshed and Belton has been properly tarmacked). And there is a fair amount of ambient light around here; it's not rural to the extent that Molehill's or Mossdog's habitations are rural.

On lights the issue is endeavouring to ensure that idiot motorists see you, especially on curving country roads.

Finding myself lying in the road and hearing "Sorry I didn't see you" concentrated my mind.