so far this week.

Where do i start? Monday, well after all the bike issues last week, the day was designated as the start of the deep clean of Foxy, my Airnimal Chameleon folding bike. And so i spent a good chunk of the day sat in the garden literally stripping the brake and gear components down to the nth degree to clean off the accumulated dirt and grime of the last 3 years or so of use and abuse. Result some nice sparkly parets ready to be refitted, the remainder of the day was spent shopping and doing 'stuff'.

Tuesday was forecast as dry but blowey so i headed out for a short coast ride, out to Clevedon into the wind then a longer return making use of a bit of tailwind. These rides aren't making much impression on my deficit but they are maintaining things, i really do need to find the enthusiasm for some longer days.

And so to today, it was all planned, laundry, deep clean the bike frame and start the reassembly then, once the morning wet was past, an afternoon walk before cooking dinner. Well that is pretty much what happened, I had to pick up some extra cable housing but the bike is mostly reassembled, the cables fitted and it looks like a bike once more - the plan is that on Friday i tackle the technical bits, fit the chain, set brakes and gears up, tape the handlebars at which point it'll be a useable bike once more.

The fly in the ointment was a message from my daughter up in GOC, it seems that she is getting a divorce. This came as something of a shock, they've been together for over 20 years, married for half that, on the surface everything seemed ticketyboo, jobs, house, offspring, i had no clue and neither apparently did anyone else. But it turns out things have been awry for some time, i don't suppose Covid lockdowns did much to help, apparently they've been doing the seperated but living together thing since February but its now reached the 'best tell people' stage. I don't know the actual issues, i maybe never will so the way forward is very murky.

Of course, atm my GS doesn't know, indeed they don't really know how things are going to play out but it looks like the house they saved up for and have spent huge sums on will have to be sold causing untold distress. Its very distressing for me too, there isn't really anything i can do at this point except be here for them, i'm sure more will be revealled over the next weeks.

So there we are, my positive mood this morning thoroughly dampened, it might not be affecting me directly but i can't help feeling that could change down the line.

I'll be back on Sunday with more Gaby, more bike and ride news and hopefully no more bad news,
Tschuss,
Madeline Anafrid