Hump day hankering!

Well it's that time of the week folks and here's what I'm a hankering for......

A PONCHO!!

Otto London

You might think I'm crazy (and for the most part you'd be right!) but lately my mind has been on preparing for a change in this gorgeous weather. When it's hot I quite like riding in the rain and don't always cover up but getting wet in cooler weather in no fun at all.

Cyclechic

Lets face it, this is the UK and we're already well over our allocated week of nice weather for the year so something has got to give and I'm guessing it's going to be those rain clouds lurking up above. My good old North Face jacket has done me proud for the past 7 years but it's starting to fall apart sadly so will have to be kept for just mountain biking.

Bobbin Bicycles

I've not tried a poncho, unless you count the one I wore at Disney when I was eight, and I'm thinking it might be the way to go this autumn.  I like to wear bright clothes when I'm biking, especially in the winter so something like the yellow Otto London one would be a great choice.

I'm still yet to find something weatherproof for my bottom half that I'm happy with so that search continues. I hate waterproof trousers with a passion! All that poofyness and rustling? Give me a pair of shorts and wet legs any day :)

I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike.....

I've never been the sporty type. At school I was always one of the last ones to get picked in PE and if there was a way of getting out of the lesson all together I'd jump at it, whatever it was! You see, I was the uncoordinated fat kid. 

I always had a bike though and used it a bit growing up. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't on it everyday clocking up hundreds of miles but I'd use it to get across town to friends houses and I'd ride around the estate dreaming I was going on an adventure. 

I've been car free on and off since 2007 - the off bit being for 4 years when we lived out in the sticks and there was no public transport whatsoever so I had no choice but to drive. Even then though for the most part I just drove to the next town, hopped on the train and cycled the couple of miles to work when I got the other end. I don't remember exactly what my motivation to start biking everywhere was but I think it was a combination of wanting to save the planet, save money, improve my health and to set a good example to the little man. Oh, and being told I couldn't do it! Tell me I can't do something and I will always find a way!

I cycle pretty much everywhere now and for the most part I love it. I can only think of a small number of times where I've really not enjoyed it and that has been down to not wearing the right clothing for the weather (think drowned rat) and incidents involving a HGV, a white van man, and sadly a number of parents driving to school who all at one time or another couldn't have given a monkeys if me and the little man lived or not. 

So last February we finally moved to Chester and I've been car free ever since. I feel lost without my bike. That feeling you get when you've left your mobile at home - well that's me and my bike. 

Clarry x

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