PGT Day 7 - Watering Asparagus

Jay  Ratcliffe
Photo by David Perry

It was functional Friday for me and for Finn today. First of all I rode into Wolverhampton City Centre for my final working week collection of free Lego (free that is apart from the cost of buying The Sun and the resultant moral bankruptcy) from W H Smith. Friday is Club Day which meant a trip into Fred's to take a cake for Jam, top mechanic and top bloke, who celebrated his birthday yesterday (a day I spent thinking it was the 23rd, hence my being a day late). There was also an obligatory de-brief on last night's race in Bobbington. Turns out there was a major team effort when the elite group caught the next bunch on the last lap, whereupon our three lads in the caught group hit the front in turn and ripped the legs off everybody, stringing out the Peloton and giving Jay, who had towed the elite lads round the circuit 3 times, much needed respite and helping him to eventually win the race comfortably. Chapeau to Adam, Mark and Paul for the teamwork.

De-brief over and I headed back into work, before a ride home via Pattingham to await the arrival of a nice man from TNT. Actually he was a nice guy and literally just the messenger so I shouldn't in any way berate him, but I'm staggered by the palaver involved in exchanging a faulty Battery Bank that I could have safely posted back to Expansys on Monday when I first notified them of the issue. However, the process is the process, so a courier collected a £50.00 item which has to be transported to France, after the safe arrival of which a replacement will be sent to me. Ho hum.

After lone road rides in the morning, the evening spin with my boy was always planned as another MTB outing. We rode, largely cross country, up to Halpenny Green Vineyards, where Paula works, simply to water the Asparagus newly planted in the cottage garden that she has designed and planted to supply the kitchen of the on site restaurant. Sadly the poor water pressure and long length of the hose meant that this was a long slow job. In fact it would almost have been quicker to drink directly from the tap and to spray the plants "naturally" after our bodies had processed it. However, we persevered and eventually got to go home by the route we came, although the strong Easterly breeze blowing into our faces made it a good deal tougher AND cooler.

Finn
My morning ride
My evening ride