Under a scheme organised by Surrey County Council and supported by Logica, I've been lent a bicycle for four weeks to cycle to work. They emphasise the health, financial, and environmental benefits, which are real, and I suspect Logica are also looking at their real shortage of car parking spaces. . . . .
So I can try it for four weeks, and if I like it, I can buy the bike off them at a discount. And unless I hear in the next 4 weeks that I'm not going to be working in Leatherhead any more (which can always happen) I'll probably buy it.
Of course, when I say "to work", I don't mean from Hampshire, I mean from Karen's, which takes about 50 minutes (maybe less when I get better at it) and that's not much different from what it takes to drive. So I've got all the gear.... helmet, tyre levers, scary lycra shorts....
