18.07.2025 69km before lunch.

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  Friday 18th 68F/20C [8.00] Bright sunshine. Sunny morning promised. With thundery showers after lunch. It could peak at 25C/77F at 14.00.

 Up at 6.50. Going without coffee after dinner didn't seem to help. I blame the lettuce!

 I am planning a modest ride. Rather than a walk. It is already late [8.15] for a walk. With the threat of cloudbursts after lunch. 

 8.30-12.30 A 67km ride towards the north. I visited the various roads. Now reopened after the high speed rail work. Various new bridges and cuttings show the variations in level. There is still much work to do. To make up the ground and provide a firm base for the track. 

 I had a nice chat, in Danish, with a German lady. As we stood at the bike rack outside a supermarket. She had lived in Denmark for 60 years to my near thirty. She was loading her e-bike panniers with lots of shopping. At 87 years old she had covered 8000km in the last year. Obviously highly intelligent and in great shape for her age. She could have passed for years younger. Despite her white hair.   

 Later I stopped at a private garage flea-market in a village. The gentleman had an e-bike and a Tesla. He was working on a very large, identical Tesla RC model car. We had a chat about e-bikes and Teslas. 

 After that I carried on riding. Just following my nose and choosing lanes at a whim. The battery was down to 22% from 87% on leaving. I hadn't really meant to to ride so far but the conditions were perfect for cycling. No wind, warm and mostly sunny. Despite a sky full of bright, white clouds.

 13.00 77F/25C. Lunch. It is still sunny. Not a hint of thunderstorms yet.

 14.40 First thunder as the sky went black.

 The steel adapter plates I ordered for the carport feet are on their way.

 15.45 First and heavy rain after numerous thunderclaps. 

 Dinner was a salmon pasty and chips with peas. Don't panic! I added the brown sauce after the photo session.

 
 

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