week ending 17 Dec: UK and snow

Been quiet for a couple of weeks.  Back in UK for mum's funeral and sorting things out, went as well as can be hoped for.  Am working from the London office til I go back on 9 Jan (with stoker for a week) to Bahrain.

For some silly reason I decided to try cycling to work (Mayfair) from Chorleywood on Wednesday 15 Dec.  This just happened to be the first snowy day of the winter.  Going in it was dark and cold, but getting lighter.  Coming home was cold, wet and dark with sleet near Watford.  23 miles each way in 2 hours.  Only to be repeated on a long warm summer's day.