18.08.2024 Quin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Pinochet, Kim, Pootin, Maduro, Xi, Bashar, Starmer... ?

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  Sunday 18th 53F/12C. [7.40] Bright but overcast.

 Up at 5.30 after a quiet night with strange dreams.

 7.45 Going for a walk.

 8.30 Returned from a walk in the wrong direction. Just for a change of scenery. It was actually cool enough to feel cold on my hands at first. Though it soon passed. The sun never made it to full strength. 

 I kept up a brisk pace to test my condition. Prior to making a decision about a ride. Clouds of sparrows were moving about.

 Abandoned house. Buy for pocket change at forced auction. Take out a huge loan on some meaningless valuation. Leave the property's existing neighbours powerless to sell or improve the abandoned home property. As trees, hedges and weeds soar and invade. Use the original loan to buy more houses at forced auction. Become a wealthy property investor. Live in a luxurious home. In "a nice area" with guaranteed rising property prices. As rural values plummet and the market stagnates.  Leading to more forced auctions. Ad infinitum.

 There is a Sunday flea market at Søllinge NW of Ringe. A reasonable distance at 40km/25 miles each way. Or not, depending on my route. I actually managed to make it 101km/63 miles at an average moving speed of 21kph/13mph. I went too far north on the way. Detoured on the way back to take in the Ringe-Espe, old railway, cycle path. I suffered from tiredness and saddle soreness. Despite wearing my best bibs. Getting off and walking a few yards at intervals helped towards the end. There were lots of cyclists out training or touring. Or just cycling.

 I changed the battery at 80km/50 miles. With 10km of charge left. I rode the majority of the way there in Tour Mode. Switched to Sport mode with the new battery. Bursts of Turbo mode to get up the hills on the last leg. In theory the Tour Mode should have given me much greater range on the first battery, but didn't. 

 I consumed one banana, three sub-micro Corny bars and three sub-micro cartons of organic apple juice. I should have taken my lunch rolls but never quite got around to making them. 

 Dinner was a salad. Using a multi-coloured "salad mix" instead of real lettuce. It was largely tasteless on my palate but not unpleasant.

 

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