ShinySideUp
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And so, here in Cornwall at least, the long, hot summer comes to an end as rain starts to fall, seemingly to continue for at least a week or more. No more T shirt-only cycling, no more mostly-clean bikes coming home, no more sunglasses in which to look and feel cool. No, it's back to rain, mud, hosing down of bikes (if you can be bothered to go out in the cold rain) and wondering whether or not, when you want to go somewhere, just to take the car instead. I am a fair-weather biker and I've had more than my share of fair weather this year having done 600 miles in the last couple of months but now I'm looking at my coal supplies, thinking about putting up the draught-proofing curtains over the open plan stairs, getting the dog's towels out for when they come back from their walks soaking wet and wondering when to take the battery out of the bike for winter. It was good while it lasted, and it did indeed last, but now it's gone and met-office summer is officially over. Roll on next summer.
. .....and ride somewhere with no claggy mud. The forests a round here are sandy loamy soil that just brushes off when dry and we have plenty of winter days when the riding is good. I look at it slightly different. In cooler temperatures I can wear armour without getting too hot..........I wear the same clear Oakleys all year round.......and I love coming back to a roaring fire! Cheer up!!
, despite the eco loons proclaiming it's a "climate emergency" 
