A day of appointments! My planning had been careful - a local appointment,
another in Marylebone allowing time for a pootle in the park and the third near home
again. Rocket science, clearly!
It looked pretty cold outside so I wrapped up well. Nothing, however could prepare me for the power and the "Oh My Giddy Aunt" chill factor of the wind. Good grief! I pedalled a bit harder to try and stay warm.
It looked pretty cold outside so I wrapped up well. Nothing, however could prepare me for the power and the "Oh My Giddy Aunt" chill factor of the wind. Good grief! I pedalled a bit harder to try and stay warm.
There were very few people in the park - apart from the City
of Westminster's new farming strand which was in full force. What are they doing?! I was scalped by a Brommie which was a bit
galling but on the other hand the owner was wearing a very snazzy cycling top
over a lean machine of a body so I let him (like I had a choice!!) whizz by!
Two and a half laps later I shot off to my 2.15 appointment.
Except it wasn't at 2.15 it was at 2pm
and I had missed it. Durrr! (Look no further
for the blithering idiot, obviously)!
It wasn't all bad tho as it meant I had more time on my
bike!! Two years ago if someone had said I had two hours to hang around
Marylebone I would have popped into Le Pain Quotidien for a cappuccino and one
of their treacle tarts then gone shopping. Lots of shopping.
These days however - no fear! I have a bicycle! I went straight back to
Hyde Park for a couple of laps, some pics and some research into how long a
metre is. I think it's about three
feet. Definitely not the sort of room a
couple of Taxi cabs gave me and one car actually tried to squeeze me into the
curb. He needs to ride a bike.
I headed along the Serpentine and thought this seagull was affirming the message he was sitting on!
I must have cycled past this practically every day and never really noticed it before. It looked like something out of Mid(winter's) Night Dream.
The sun (not that I saw it all day) was disappearing so I
headed home via an enormous piece of Gails Bakery Carrot Cake. This is not good news for the calorie
consumption by wowser it's delicious!
Im not sure of the weather forecast for the rest of the week but will be checking it often. Thick gloves are essential. Stay warm peeps!
Im not sure of the weather forecast for the rest of the week but will be checking it often. Thick gloves are essential. Stay warm peeps!
