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We in South Vic are having some near perfect days but don't tell anyone. The grass is growing like Mad. The dam is full. The Ducks are happy. Nev

Well, I didn't get to commute on the motorbike in this week just gone, which is a pain. The weather was OK, and ithe rain had passed through, but the plate for my top box is too narrow for the luggage rack. Of course, lazy bones here decided to wait for the Sunday right before returning to work to try and mount the plate and top box, and found out too late to aget an adaptor kit (I searched through all sorts of shrapnel I have at home but nothing quite fit. Back at work, there is little time to research, but this morning, after teasing some locals about another Ashes crumble, I found an adapter kit on eBay, so hopefully it arrives by Tuesday as I am not going in until early Wednesday morning. And, at the moment, the weather gods are telling me Wednesday and Thursday there is a moderate chance of rain. Of course, at the moment, Tuesday is forecast to be raining (something like 95% chance of rain)... all day. I haven't yet had a chance to clean the bike and was going to do it Tuesday morning when I was taking a little time off for some errands.. not so.. I guess.. But, on the bright side, the weather is unseasonably warm with forecasts of 9 degrees C @3amon Wednesday morning where I live and 11 degrees in London at 6am (ETA). 10 degrees by 18:00 in London, and say 10pm when I get back to Halse, it should be 9 degrees still. Rain is forecast. Wind will be c. 12 mph for the two days, but forgivingly will be a tailwind both days. I will try andd get a quick ride in tomorrow or Tuesday to check all is OK with the Bike. Oh, and it looks like the man child will get a Honda CG125 for Chrissie. 2005 model, cheap as chips, to practice for his license course and test.

I was going to say we had an English summer - on Wednesday, before cold and rain on Friday and Saturday, but today was mild, with scattered cloud and long sunny periods.