21 - 27 March

Mon - Cycled to Ricky post office, 6.5 miles.  Then sky cleared and sun came out, actually warm, so I changed into shorts and mowed the lawn.  1 hour later the grey clouds came over, back on with long trousers!  Walked into vill for a little shopping and back a longer route round common.

Tue - Cycled to Ricky Waitrose, commented to customer service that there were no bike racks, she said "yes, we have been told this already, it seems the designers assumed people would drive and not walk or cycle".  So much for John Lewis Partnership sustainability agenda.  6.5 miles.

Wed - Sold recumbent on eBay, low interest till last hour when bidding climbed from £225 to £441.65.  Glorious sunshine and warm.  Cycled to look at gas fires at Bellingdon, then onto Cock and Rabbit at The Lee for a pint and to eat my sandwiches.  31 miles.

In evening went to CW Bookshop organised talk by Henry Wolsey on "In Shackleton's footsteps", where he and other descendants traced the track of the South Expedition of 100 years ago.  Amazing to see how the pictures matched the scenes from then, reminded me of our Philby Empty Quarter trip.

Thu - Just a little cycle into vill.  Walked to extra choir practice, sounding 'ok' for Saturday.

Fri - Train/bromptoned into Covent Garden for lunch with Hughes.  Lovely to cycle across London in  the sunshine.

Sat - The Stoker got up early and wanted to have some exercise, so we rode out to Tylers Green.  No traffic at first, and clear roads. 21 miles:

Chiltern Choir Concert in evening (Haydn Nelson mass, Rutter Palmfest).  Really good, hardly any mistakes,  very enjoyable.

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