Frosty morning today, after having picked up the new bike last night in fact it’s darned chilly back here in Blighty.

The new bike can be seen at [crypticide.org] compared contrasted and secured to my old one. I am keeping both for a while, not least to maintain my insurance no-claims bonus, but also the old one is a better road bike in certain key respects.

I’ll sell it in the summertime.

The compost heap is completed and mostly filled [crypticide.org] and I am due to get the lawnmower out for what hopefully will be the last time this year.

The final Concorde flights should go over my house this afternoon at around 1540h – there’s a good chance of it, anyway, so I shaln’t bother going to Heathrow to see them land. I’ve lived under the flightpath for 4 years now and am not too worried about losing them, although I have to agree that the are a beautiful sight, and (also) sound, at least occasionally.

Time for coffee.