January Freeze

Some pictures from an early morning bike ride today

Most people seemed to belive we were taking our lives in our hands by walking on this pond. It seemed solid and a could have been 20cm thick so I think it was safe, anyway to quote a favourite saying "nothing ventured - stay safe and boring". 

The rest of the pictures can be found by clicking on the picture below.

I am not sure if I'll be able to get any aerial photography this afternoon - the camera battery doesn't cope well with temperatures this cold.

Rain

I suspect I am sick. Left home in the rain this morning, got to work in the rain, had hot shower then noticed that my change of clothes from my backpack was also wet. Hand dryers only go as far as to warm wet clothes up for a brief instant. Got even wetter running from change rooms to office building. Coming home was a treat a well - more rain, pitch black by 4:30pm and maniacal white vans seeing how close they can force me into the gutter.

In case you hadn't noticed I am feeling a little sorry for myself. The irony is that it is probably my carbon neutral life-style that is delaying global warming and thus responsible for this dismal turn of events.

Bike Ride - Reigate Hill

I took Sophie on a bike ride today. I nearly killed her by suggesting we go down a rather steep hill, lots of mud and groves from running water. She did suggest a really odd thing - "Why don't I just push down this hill?" Yeah like we should cycle up and then push down! Anyway we survived and we now have a much better idea of some of the public footpaths and cycle tracks around the house.

You can see the area around us here Google satellite image

We also spent some time riding around a BMX track.

And because I now have a camera backpack suitable for the bike I managed this shot