22nd December 2018 Wet and dry.

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Saturday 22nd 36F, very dark grey and breezy. It should be mostly dry but cloudy with light winds.

The BBC News reports a man and woman have been arrested in connection with the drone attack by terrorists on Gatwick Airport. Days after the news story broke Google Spelling Checker still thinks I mean Garrick.

So much for a dry forecast! It rained from the moment I threw my leg over the saddle until I returned home a couple of hours later. My favourite "Nalini Team" winter cycling jacket continues to amaze in all weathers. It never seems to get wet inside or out despite being completely windproof cloth which never sweats.

I bought it years ago in a charity shop. Ex-Danish cycling club and covered in sponsor's adverts. I like it for its low key colours of blue and green on a white background and its high visibility from being so "graphically" busy. It has done thousands of miles but still looks as good as new. I'm about 50 miles from the town club and have never seen anyone wearing anything similar locally.
 

The cycle paths were saturated, covered in bits of loose gravel and fallen twigs from end to end. The road was absolutely pristine from end to end. Is somebody deliberately brushing the road onto the cycle lanes and paths? It seems the only likely explanation. Unless it is the traffic brushing the debris aside? Gravel up over a kerb? Not likely. 14 miles, returning heavily laden.

Sunday 23rd 41F, mild, dark grey, misty and wet. A walk along the quiet lanes in misty drizzle. The couple arrested on Gatwick drone charges have been released and described by the police enquiry as no longer suspects. Google still thinks Gatwick means Wichita or Garrick.  So there is still hope for us when its AI escapes. It will pick all the wrong targets to bring the "inferior" human race down.
  

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