Firstly, let’s start with the positives, shall we?
Well done you for getting out on your bike, especially in this weather. No fair weather fairy, are you? No, not you! Out there, covering the ground, getting the miles in, whatever Mother Nature throws at you.
Secondly, exercise. Superb stuff is exercise. Good for the heart and the soul, good for the nation in that you aren’t a burden on the NHS. You’re keeping yourself healthy, and that has to be a Good Thing.
However, now we move on to the negatives. Sorry about this, but we have to.
Black. Such a slimming colour, isn’t it? Goes with everything. Except for really bad driving conditions on a dual carriageway. Makes you rather hard to see, you see?
Lights. OK, so the CTC may have campaigned against mandatory lights on bikes, but I disagree. Lights would really have helped me to see you as I drove along. Really helped, especially given your taste for Le Noir in your fashion choices.
However, we come to a big negative last of all. Rather a large one, if I’m honest. You see, the thing about the A303 is that it’s a rather fast dual carriageway, with each side going in one direction, and if you hadn’t noticed, there was rather a lot of traffic out there in the rain and low light. Now, on to specifics – The Eastbound A303 traffic is all flowing towards the East. You know, sort of from Andover towards the M3 and London, that sort of thing. Eastbound. Not Westbound. Not towards the West. Seems you hadn’t got that memo…. 😯