23.09.2025 57km at 30kph.

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  Tuesday 23rd 40F/4.4C [7.00] The cooler, autumn weather continues. Wall to wall sunshine but peaking at only 15C/59F. Much less windy today. Gusting to 6m/s. Temperatures are falling slowly indoors. 66F/19C this morning. I can borrow the sun's heat from the greenhouse. Though it currently only at a rather chilly 48F/9C out there.

 Up at 6am after an average night. Only a sub-micro apple juice after dinner. No coffee. 10.30 bedtime.

 9.30 No walk. Riding over to my friend's place.

 14.00 Back from visiting my friend. A 57km round trip. Grocery shopping on the way home.  There were no bread rolls in the supermarket. 

 Going well. I was averaging over 30kph on the way with a very light tailwind. A light headwind coming home. Every time I rode into the shade of trees, or woods, it felt as if the temperature dropped 10ºC.

The previously unused, brown, Brooks B17 felt hard but mostly, surprisingly okay. I was wearing my best [Assos] bibs. Which probably helped. The Bosch battery dropped to well into the Orange danger zone from 100%. I decided not to stop and swap batteries.

 I passed the Husqvarna mower. Busy making stripes on the school lawns near the road again. I think it was a 450XE NERA. Rear wheel drive. A top of the range model capable of caring for 7500 m^2 of lawns. 

 It was being blocked in a deep hollow. With fallen branches triggering its avoidance mechanisms. I was tempted to remove the branches but it seemed to be coping well enough. A few more maneuvers and it would escape its trap on a perfectly parallel route. 

 I should have taken a picture to confirm the model number. There is also a 405XE NERA. With front wheel drive and only 900 m^2 capacity. I can't be absolutely certain of the accuracy of my memory now. 

 A lazy afternoon on the computer. Dozing at intervals.

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. Washed down with a small glass of locally pressed, apple juice. 

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