Commodity prices in rubber rocket ............

After a day off cycling to visit the inlaws in the North of Scotland ( which included a spot of sunbathing on the Moray Rieviera) it was back to the grindstone today. The forecast was not loking good on the met office website, however the reality out of the window looked more promising. The, as yet un-named alias, had his day off today and so it was arranged for a small 25 mile outing along the cyclepath to Forestmill and back through Saline.

All was going well, the bikes were cruising, the chat was flowing and then bang!!!!!

Bigman bags another blowout. After a close inspection of the tyre, a thorn has embedded itself in the tyre and another tube is consigned to that great dustbin in the sky. Sometimes you can be unlucky out cycling and get the odd puncture but this is verging on conspiracy theory.

Is there someone out there intent on laying weapons of mass destruction to thwart Bigman's attempt at world domination through completing the Cape Epic at the ripe old age of 50 years of age? There is as much chance of this being true, as a retired solicitor and leader of the community council alledgedly laying carpet tacks along 10 miles of road to make a point. You, the reader can decide.

Bigman is currently negotiating with kwik Fit a sponsorship deal including a 'futures price' for rubber tubes to avoid the double hit of the sinking pound and deflationary pressure on his tyres.

Woe is he!

On a positive note, as they returned along teh Saline route, the the rain stayed elsewhere a dry run completed without any further hare-raising events!