Wednesday, 16 May 2007

Day Three Thursday 17th May 2007

Forecast for Thursday Partly cloudy with a few showers and the chance of a thunderstorm, mainly afternoon and evening. Light to moderate northerly winds.Precis: Few showers. Possible thunderstorm City: Min 15 Max 20

Shopping day - this might be a challenge!
Fortunately living in one of the most livable cities in the world I head to the market on the way to work. It has been raining through out the night, but the morning is sunny and the air temperature is warm. I guess this is the impact of global warming. Melbourne recently set a record for the most number of days over 20 degrees Celsius in a row during Autumn. It is amazing how much you can balance on a bag on a bike! Amazing how many groceries you can fit in panniers. A whole weeks worth was not a problem.

It has been raining on and off during the day and the whole city is
shrouded in dark grey/black clouds. Is this the drought breaking? So far I have been very lucky and every time I go to ride the rain has stopped.

Whoosh, Whoosh; what's that the sound of; it's me passing the line of 20 plus cars waiting at the traffic lights. Great thing about bike lanes on the road! Love the sense of satisfaction of passing these people in
their high powered, high tech, high priced machines. Nothing like being able to say, "I told you so"!! (hope it doesn't come back to bite me!)

Ride home was dry - road wet, but virtually no rain. As I ride
through some of the backstreets close to home I notice the smell of people's dinner, someone is having roast, I turn the corner and someone in the next street is having dessert, smells sweet, maybe cake, maybe baked cheese cake. Surprisingly I am not hungry, just enjoying the trip home.

The thing that I am
beginning to notice about being on the bike is that I am much more connected to my immediate environment. I actually notice more about my journey rather than constantly focusing on the destination, which is what happens in the car. I wonder if the invention of the car with its sealed and controlled environment contributes to a decrease in the awareness of what is happening in our world.

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