My conclusion about cycling so far is that every road and cycle path is going either up or down a hill… I had quite a good journey each way though and didn’t actually have to stop and have a breather going up “big hill”!

Started decorating Ben’s room today. For some reason I have been a little under the weather today and it was a real struggle to get anything done. However, by dinner time, I had managed to strip the border, fill holes, remove the radiator and generally get the room ready to do “proper” work on it next week.

Georgina has uploaded a picture of me on my bike :)

There was an item on Today this morning about Gosport (I think) council revamping the library and renaming it to a “discovery centre”. Now, I’m a big fan of books and libraries in general and think that anything to encourage new people to visit the library is good.

But… “discovery centre”?!?!?! What were they thinking? That’s just stupid rebranding that won’t last 10 years!

Two punctures on the way to work today! The second one was my fault as I didn’t notices the thorn in the tyre after fixing the first one. Very annoying and it took a total of one and a half hours to get to work today.

I’m also a bit saddle sore and my knees don’t know what’s hit them! I’m sure that these issues will sort themselves out as I get used to cycling. At least I hope so!

Got an email today from Blackstar:

Dear Rob Allen,

We thought you might like to know that we shipped a parcel today to:

Rob Allen

XXXXXXXXX

Worcester

XXX XXX

United Kingdom

containing:

Blake’s 7 – Series 1 (Five Discs) (DVD) (Region 2)

I never thought it was going to ever be released!

Picked up the new bike this evening… going to have to ride it tomorrow… will I still remember how ?!

Went up to Blackburn for a family get together to celebrate Tim’s 30th. We all had a good time, Jon especially. It took a while for Jon to get the confidence to leave Georgina and me, probably because there was so many people there. Once he did though, he and Leah were chasing around all over the place!

I’ve orderd a bike from Halfords; I pick it up on Tuesday. The idea is to cycle to and from work each day in order to actually get some exercise done in my life. I’m quite looking forward to it though I’m sure that the first few weeks are going to be hell!

Also today, I got to see next door’s extension. It’s really nice and we want one :) Going to talk to the Natwest and see if we can increase our mortgage. If we can, we’ll get a bigger kitchen, a new dining room and a new breakfast room! This will give us much more living space and, most importantly, room for a wine rack!

The cable to the starter motor had come off!

I do like the RAC!