Well thats just how it has been, the weather primarily but also my general health which I hope will improve when the NHS people have completed their investigations - enough said for now.
So much has happened but where do I start? Happily, with family news. which is that our eldest son Andrew and his partner Emma produced an addition to the family towards the end of 2025, so now they have Ada and Ivy (and Millie the dog) and we now have 3 little granddaughters who are such a joy.
I ordered a small screen for the Z650RS and fitted it but riding it was no different to the bike being naked. Ordered and fitted a larger screen but it deflected the wind blast straight up under the front of my helmet when I want it over the helmet so I worked out a temporary solution (not very pretty) to tilt it forward. Better, but I'm still not happy with it.... work in progress.
On the subject of 2 wheels, Sue & I have both acquired new ebikes over the winter period. Her previous bike a Leader Fox, City Park got damaged in a fall while we were out riding and the PAS sensor got damaged. Contacted the maker in the Czech Republic and determined what bits we needed but they won't supply because of Brexit so she now has a Raleigh Motus. My bike was one I built 5 years ago and while doing winter maintenance ready for this spring/summer riding I found there to be too much play in the rear wheel bearings and the wheel had a decidedly wonky wobble. Invstigation showed the wheel to be a sealed unit with no way to replace the bearings and it wasn't worth replacing the wheel so I now have an Engwe P275SE in the shed awaiting some better weather.
Final bit of news for this post - Mrs C (otherwise known as SWMBO) is going to join me in retirement from early April and plans are afoot to get some travelling done starting with a Danube river cruise and then a family holiday on Majorca and some motoring/touring of Europe.
