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Saturday 21st 43F, dark grey overcast but threat of some sunny periods. It drizzled instead of the promised sunshine at 9.00. I saw my first Tesla Model 3 today. Big, innit? I don't know what I was expecting but is was more "people carrier" than saloon. Hang on though! The 3 is a sleek saloon. So what did I see sporting the Tesla badge? A Model X or Y? It was taller and more bulbous than the usual Teslas I see quite regularly. More like the Porsche people carrier I see now and then. The Macan SUV? Remaining dark grey at 11am. Tried to wangle a gate pass for the trike but my pleas were rejected. Sunshine over lunchtime. Grey before and after.
Sunday 22nd 37-42F, a grey day with mist is forecast by both competitors in the race to be the worst forecaster. An hour and half walk anticlockwise up to the woods and back along the marsh. Extremely wet underfoot. Possible shopping ride today. And so it was. Only 12 hilly miles. Returning almost at dusk at 15.30. I passed several birds of prey reduced to foraging for worms on the fields.
I see the concrete traffic barrier has been flattened in almost the same place as last time. 90% of drivers considerably exceed the 50kph, 30mph speed limit just there. A staggered crossroads, sharp blind bend and a completely blind hump on a steep descent out of the sun, should be enough to warn drivers of the potential dangers. Sadly none of them have the necessary brains to read the road.
Safely back from his holiday in Hawaii, Scotty has beamed back to an Australia in flames. But it's "Business as Usual" for Scotty.[Except when he's on holiday, of course.] The climate might be affecting other countries, but Australia is completely immune to climate change, according to him. Any criticism of steadily increasing COZ, instead of the promised reductions under the Paris Feasting and Partying Bash, is just "scoring political points." So don't mention Balmoral. Or it's cheating the electorate at this week's political coup. Who's country is it anyway?
You know how conservative country people can be? The right uniform for the job. That sort of thing. Well huntsmen, on a shoot, would never be seen dead in anything but dark green. Which may explain why they are covered in bright orange hats and waistcoats OVER the green. Is it just me? Or does it seem foolish to spend serious money on an all green "camouflage" outfit. Then add orange decoration on top to be seen? Suit yourselves.
You'd think the mentally handicapped designer who came up with the SKY team cyclist's all black uniform would have added a touch of Hi-Viz somewhere. Just to keep them alive when they were out training in busy traffic. Or in poor lighting conditions. Instead of which they started a global craze for black clothing amongst sporting cyclists. Some bike shops had no alternatives to black if you wanted new kit. I'm still waiting for a Class Action against SKY for all the deaths and injuries they caused with their brain dead colour scheme.
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