Sam Mar 25

I need a cauliflower for dinner (and a few other odds and sods).

I don't want to drive to the shop because fuel costs are bonkers (thanks, twotsit) and, anyway, it's only 6 miles. Also, we need to take the car out later for archery.

But it's a NErly gusting to 70km/h out there, and with panniers on a fixed gear that sounds particularly unfun.

Should I don my big pants? Or is discretion the better part of valour, especially in pneumonia recovery? #decisions #BikeTooter

Show threadTed Lemon

@ravenbait

The pneumonia recovery bit and the 70kph winds seem incompatible over a 6 mile distance (is that one way or round trip?).

Are fuel costs bonkers in the "it would blow the budget way" or in the "feels expensive" way? Because I have a friend who just got a hernia because he didn't want to pay a $50 baggage fee, and he's definitely seeing the wisdom of paying in retrospect. :]

Mar 25 at 3:53pmWeb
Show threadSam Mar 25
@abhayakara Fuel costs are currently around 190p/litre, or 2.18 euro. That's pretty bloody expensive. I'd love to be able to afford an electric car, but we can't. It's 6 miles each way -- if it had been a 6 mile round trip, I'd have probably just done it. As it was, I took the car to save my lungs and avoid being blown under a tractor!
Show threadTed LemonMar 25

@ravenbait

I suspect that was a wise choice. Particularly the bit about tractors. Them's scary. :)

Show threadSam Mar 25
@abhayakara They really are! The farmers round here seem to know me, at least. Not sure that would make it better if the wind blew me under one of them, though!
Show threadTed LemonMar 25
@ravenbait Probably not. The tractor has no mercy…