Attention seeking behaviour.
Forecast for today, Monday
Showers increasing later in the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm and hail,
most likely later in the day and at night. Mostly cloudy with fresh to strong
north to northwesterly wind shifting southwesterly at night.
Precis: Showers, possible thunderstorm. Windy.
City: Min 11 Max 16
If you have read my other blogs you will notice that I tend to use stream of consciousness as a form of writing...here is some more...
Had an 8.30 am appointment before work, it was starting to rain, fortunately only had a short distance to travel. Trip in to work was very fast. Had a late start due to the appointment and there was no traffic on the bike path or road at 9.30 am when I was on my way to work. Made it to work in about 30 mins. It was cold, but there was no wind, and no rain.
Raining on the way home. Lots of traffic banked up as I leave the centre of the city. Love that feeling of being on the bike and weaving through the traffic. There is something about the leaning of the bike as you weave through the traffic that is intrinsically rewarding. I know the physics of it, but it feels like you are defying gravity as you shift the bike from one side to the other by leaning your weight. Then there is the satisfaction of being at the front of the traffic queue!
Forgot to take my green reflective jacket today... Almost home and I have to cross a busy road and turn in front of traffic. The road is wet. It is very busy and I have to stop in the middle of the road to turn into my street. It is dark and I hope the cars can see my lights. I think about the panniers with their reflective covers and my rear flashing light and hope they are prominent. I hope my front light is bright enough as I think about how much a dark grey jacket and navy blue pants don't really stand out in the early evening. Suddenly I hear skidding behind me. I tense up and hope they can stop in time. They do and then they slowly go past...I think !@#$%^ should be driving much slower. I decide to charge up the batteries in my lights and make sure I remember the green jacket for tomorrow. Attention seeking sometimes is a good thing when you are on a bike!
