32.03km / 1:39:37 / 160m / 10.0°C
An evening outing to Richmond and back to catch up for dinner with friends, some I haven’t seen for years. Half way in along the Gardiners Creek trail and there comes the SMS that the restaurant has closed… for good, and probably some months ago. A new one is chosen three doors up. Easy enough to get to, follow the trail around the river then up Burnley street and Victoria street, although I was followed for a block or so by a tram with a driver constantly ringing the bell because he was convinced that he couldn’t pass me even though I was well outside the painted tram line on the road, and the side of the tram is well inside it, more of a gap than half the car drivers leave along here – when I finally pulled over between two parked cars he drove past
I’m still not used to the Garmin beeping and popping up the SMS, first I wonder what has happened, then I look down and usually manage to read about half the message before I have to glance back up to see where I’m going, or the screen goes black, or both. It is useful for very short messages though, or as a prompt to stop and check the phone for a longer one
Very enjoyable dinner at Thaiger Rabbit, can recommend it for a repeat visit
A little light drizzle for the ride home, not enough at first to make me take the train, but then continuous enough that everything was just a bit wet by the time I got home
Very quiet and enjoyable along the empty bike path at night, harder work than most rides recently as it was in jeans and boots on the fixie
Overcast clouds, 11°C, Feels like 10°C, Humidity 63%, Wind 3m/s from N - by Klimat.app
My 1289th day in a row riding a bike; the last 6 days of 2019, my and all of 2021, 2022 and 2023 so far…
Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps
