Just about there - avoided all the downpours yesterday, but there are more this weekend if the forecast is anything to go by.  Popped out and did the weekly supermarket shop on the bike yesterday evening - no problems getting it all on the bike racks and in a rucksack, and it was probably quicker than doing it by car.  Daily total was 17km, making the overall now 313 kms for the week.  Nearly two hundred miles - based on 40p a mile travel costs (that's the normal rate for car travel), that's eighty pounds.  It's probably nearer thirty pounds saved in terms of my car, but still a decent saving.  Got a very large chocolate bar in celebration!

Might try and take some cardboard and plastic to Pinchington Lane this weekend - will let you know how I get on.  But lots of schoolwork marking to be done first - teaching certainly isn't a 37 hour 9 to 3-30 five days a week job! 

Controversial thought for the day - cycling helmets for kids.  Wearing your lid might be inconvenient and make you look like an uncool space alien.  But spending the rest of your life needing 24 hour care, not being able to do anything for yourself and being fed liquid food through a straw isn't exactly cool either.  So if any kids are out there reading this, put your lids on when you ride - it only takes one whack on the head to kill you or disable you for life. I'm of the view that adults can make their own minds up on this.  But if I were a parent, I'd make sure my child wore a helmet every time.