1st October 2019 Autumn has arrived.

*

Tuesday 1st October 45-50F, grey, raining and almost still. Walked to the lanes in steady rain. My back shoulders and arms were soon feeling cold from rain penetrating my old HH jacket.

Afternoon shopping ride returning heavily laden. It would have been even more if the crooks supermarkets had any stock of the advertised special offers. No bread either! Dry but grey with no real wind. Only 7 miles. Heavy traffic. First ride of the autumn wearing my cheap, supermarket tights and MTB boots. There were shorts involved too. For those of you given to such fantasies.

Still looking for more, thin, thermal vests to match the tights. The thinner the better. Because these wick moisture [sweat] away from the bod. Without having enough substance to get all wet of itself. I suffered for years after buying thick thermal vests in my youth. They were advertised in every damned break on ITV in Gravely Blighted back then. Dreadful waste of money unless you were literally comatose. Being therefore quite unable to lift a finger. Which might have left the wearer prone to the icy chill. Which was guaranteed to follow that sudden, terrifying feeling of excessive warmth. Leading immediately to a mobile sauna.

Click on any image for an enlargement.

*