Part II

Just returned from a run around Ruxley Lane. Cold enough to work up some appetite, not so far as to leave me tired.

Festival of Powergen vans around a very modest hole in East Street. Perhaps their standby crews are all young men, happy enough to get triple time for Christmas, particularly given that the pubs are shut. 

One convenience store open, also in East Street, just past Kiln Lane. Aldi at Ruxley Lane shut. 

Solo Powergen van somewhere on Ewell by-pass. 

One other cyclist, maybe half a dozen joggers, including one young lady taking her dog for a run. I had expected more cyclists. Maybe they will come out tomorrow, traditionally a day for sports of all kinds.

No lorries or vans, but quite a lot of cars out, given that we are in more or less zero bubble land, including one otherwise unmarked police car with flashing blue lights. As far as I could make out, the blue lights were built in the regular light assemblies. Certainly not just stuck on the roof with magnets in the way of television crime dramas.

Two trolleys, large size, in two different places. But passed up as too much bother with a cycle, especially given that I was not carrying a key to my smart new cycle lock from Halfords. A lock which I had tried to buy from Fudges in Upper High Street, but was defeated by a talkative customer and the prices of their offerings, more suitable for motor cycles than pedal cycles. A lock which has been used at least twice now, if not today.

On the other hand, the brake blocks which I did buy from them need a little more attention, as the back brakes are binding slightly and need easing off. Funny how much odd noises of that sort irritate. But maybe tomorrow.

Reference 1: FudgesCycleStore Brompton Electric Bikes Repairs.

Reference 2: psmv4: More maintenance.