Bank Holiday

I did the early bird standard Monday ride down to Cavenish this morning - on my own. I wasn't expecting anyone else to be there but somehow it suited me to be out at that time.

Perhaps my body is now so used to being up and out for 630am that I'll never ride at a sociable time again. I also knew that El Cid and Cacophony would not be riding so it felt somehow right that we had some representation out in case anyone else showed up.

In the afternoon we drove across to Liverpool to visit my Mum and Dad and went out for a nice lunch, and then visited my sister and her family before returning. We also had the chance for brisk walk along the seafront at Crosby where my sister lives.

It is a rugged and atmospheric stretch of sand, blessed currently with Antony Gormley's "The Other Place". It is my favourite piece of installation art - an amazing array of lifesize cast-iron figures looking out across the Irish Sea.