that was silly

Yesterday morning I once again missed the early morning swimming session
at Impington because of the traffic alone the A428. The between St Neots
and Caxton Gibbets has become far more congested since the dual
carriageway from Caxton Gibbets to Cambridge was opened >:(

Anyway, I decided to give the general swimming session after work a try
instead. The drive is about 3 miles from work to the swimming pool and
after a particularly heavy impact with a pot hole I noticed cars behind
me flashing although I thought it was just cars bouncing up and down bumps.

When I got to work the people in the car park were staring at me,
strange I thought, Big Red isn't the prettiest bike in the world but she
doesn't normally get all this attention.

Park up, get off and find my side pannier box open and trailing my
swimming stuff behind it. Luckily I hadn't tried to filter through any
traffic and even actually lost anything and only the tip of the towel
had actually touched the ground so that was the only really wet bit.

I guess I hadn't shut the lid properly

Definitely fits into my "silly" category.

The swim wasn't great either, too many people not doing lengths which
meant I couldn't get any speed up.

Still this mornings ride into work was great, despite the howling wind
and rain the ride was smooth and precide and I really wanted to just
carry on riding into the fens instead of turning towards Cambridge and
going to work. Thats what I love about biking, those rides where
everything comes together at the same time.