Bike mad in Jingle bells, batman smells while shepherds wash their socks (winter 2015/16).

When I started writing here I was a bit of a bicycle nut - I cycled to work through London taking in the Thames path, Richmond Park, Putney Heath and (in winter) the south circular! I lived tinkering with my bike and really miss it. Only I don’t realise how much I miss it until I have a need to tinker.

Talaia has started to look like a giant on a gnome’s bike and so we have bought her a new one. I paid the lesser amount which meant being able to set it up myself and I just spent an hour putting it together and adjusting the brakes, testing it up and down our street, tinkering some more. It was great fun....

And now I want a new one! My bike, the one that has travelled thousands of miles with me, is 23 years old. I have friends younger than my bike!

But we’ve been through so much I just couldn’t imagine being without it.

Of course, it probably needs a bit of tinkering too 😁💕 🚲