Barton Bike Night 2026

Barton Bike Night is as impressive as I remember it.  It was a fairly dry day, and the England has minimal effects on people turning up.  Rebel Curves are there also.  I got a high vis strap from the Humberside Fire stall.

I navigated it there with my iphone, and it nearly killed it, so I managed to buy a snack.  I really should get some cash or cards with me.

Cardo Ride II

Free Cardo Ride no longer support curvy navigation, but it is still working for direct...  

Urban Power Outage II

The extra hot weather brough on lightning, and I got a text from the Northern Powergrid to say my power was affected.  Surprisingly I didn't get such message last time.  I checked my meter reading again, it was less than an hour, and more clocks to reset.

Frappuccino

Aldi was selling Frappuccino for 99p, so I could not resist.  I wish I have a blender at home to make it into a frozen Frappuccino.  James did not understand why we would touch something like that, but I have no shame to admit I consume junk food, and coffee, ie caffine is pure medicinal for me.

Air Conditioning Seeking - Phoenix

I have honed my air conditioning seeking skills since young age.  To continue our cool shelter seeking adventure, we want to Phoenix, they are well air conditioned, we are very please.  We have given them a lot of our customs in exchange.  We just need to brave ourselves to find our way home.

City Break - Leicester

We took the heat wave opportunity to have a city break in town, at a hotel with air conditioning.  We checked in before the official check in time.  They were so kind to give us free ice, and we made very good use of their air conditioning and their water.  We also have some curry for dinner.  It was well worth it, for the cost of a new portable air conditioning, we could have stayed at an air conditioned hotel for 10 days.

Portable Heat Pumps

In additional to "it's time to move to Scotland", we debate the merit of a portable heat pump every year.

The central theme is, discounting the running cost, as it would be run on solar, the initial outlay for this comfort seems excessive.  And more importantly, we must be able to use it for heating in winter also, otherwise it would be less useful.

I kind of regret not buying the ones from WY Cameras when they closed down.