Eyes open binman

Alertness

Does anyone else take as long as me to wake up in the morning? No matter how many alarms I set there are days when I really struggle to drag myself out of bed. Sometimes I’m very thankful of a 4 year old kicking and nagging me to go downstairs! However, once dressed and breakfasted

Optimistic bulbs

Optimism

There comes a point in the year when I really start to long for the winter to end. Almost certainly I won’t be alone in feeling like that! I think I’ve reached that point now. The dark mornings are taking their toll, the wind has definitely been draining my legs, and even though we’ve been

Mr Mercedes

Vigilance

In my post earlier this week (see Determination) I talked about determination and asked if this was an essential attribute for continual cycle commuting. Although it is useful I would say a far more important attribute is vigilance. Sharing the road with other vehicles is normally completely fine, but sadly there are a minority of drivers

Determination

Someone said to me today that she admired my determination in cycle commuting all year round. Iโ€™m pretty sure she thought I was a little bit crazy as well but she managed not to mention that! Iโ€™ll admit to being crazy, but also agree that I have always been determined in nature.