A Bug's Life

It was a nice evening, so I walked home from the pub last night. Nice and quiet, no dodgy drunken louts, but Midsummer Common was packed with cars and fairground vehicles so not really suitable for walking across! If I had expected to walk home, I would not have dressed entirely in black; it gave a couple of pavement cyclists a bit of a shock.

I dreamed of writing - by hand, in fountain pen, on glorious smooth creamy paper where the ink sinks in and the pen glides. Perhaps I have on my mind how to keep in touch with friends once I'm in Edinburgh; perhaps it was the impassioned debate about Hal Duncan's Vellum and Ink that reactivated those of my neurones which deal with fountain pens.

Whatever, I have a book and a pen and the power to use it. Which brings me to panniers. I have a new cycling goal: I'll bring my bike to Happisburgh (in Simon's car), practice cycling, and get myself to the train station 7 miles away for the trip home. I asked Matt WINOLJ if this weren't too steep a learning curve, to cycle that far with a great big rucksack, and he pointed out that cycling with a rucksack can put a lot of strain on the back and I might be better putting the heavier things (like books! and fountain pens!) into panniers. Today's plan: buy panniers. See Bridget pack! See Bridget pack light! How many books might I read in a week? Or how few?

Using a cherry pitter while wearing a white t-shirt is the act of a Fool! Do not do it again.

I keep making things harder for myself - and in doing so, the trials of the day before pale in comparison. This is an excellent demonstration to my brain of the power of practice to improve one's skills. (Pity it doesn't work with essay-writing)

Five minutes cycle to Cycle King to buy panniers. ( Ride 3. It's as if no one had ever ridden a bicycle before! )

Generally am v. pleased with myself, for a) getting out there and doing it and b) making progress! 35 minutes total cycling on that trip, and no soreness. I might crack this yet...

Need some sort of bicycle icon. And either a fixup for my rear light (which is blocked by panniers) or a different light that will fit on the end of my luggage rack.