Someone decided to tempt Mrs J this morning with the prospect of a trip to sunny Spain in the middle of the coming winter. A very tempting and nice offer indeed, especially considering she didn’t get to go to Spain last time. This temptation combined with a lack of sunshine conspired to have Mrs J spend all morning surfing the Internet and thinking about January.

Thinking about January. In July.

Really?

So right there she caught herself and proceeded to enjoy the summer right here right now.

Mrs J did a bike-overhaul a few days ago, so it was easy to just roll it out and get going. And as it happens, the drizzle had stopped already.

She rolled along one river, a bit of another and over a number of bridges and found herself on the other side. The grass is not greener but the road is really very nice.

Here’s a view of Mrs J’s village from across the river.

A view from one of the bridges.

That red brick foundation behind the disappearing barge is Mrs J’s long run training marker.

In the end it was a nice long bike ride on the other side. Right here, right now.

Which is where Mrs J intends to live.

She fully expects to have a very sore behind tomorrow.