A new bicycle

 

A few days ago the physiotherapist wanted me to step on my bicycle in a safer way.
It was not much different from what I was doing.
Getting off the bike was a larger problem, was my experience.

We first tried it on the bike in the fitnessroom.
It was firm on the ground, huge, far too high, and offered far too many opportunities to stay safe. It felt like cheating. And strangely enough it made me less aware of my usul bike-behaviour.

So we went outside to her bike.
It didn't feel good, and far too unstable.

When I went home it felt like a useless session.

So when I came home I started to look for a bike with a low entry.
Found one with a lower entry and tried to get in contact with the selller.
Managed to do that, but she didn't give a phone number so I could make an appointment.

So I looked further and found the lowest entry bike.
It was expensive... refurbished, but from a very good bicycle repair shop.
New those bicycles are at least 3 times as expensive.
And I can use it a long, long time. It might ven be the last bicycle I ever buy.

So my daughter fetched it and was very positive about it.

So am I!!!!

Bad weather was forecasted for the evening.

Son2 lives near the friend of my daughter, where she was in the weekend.
They both apped that there was a lot of lightning and thunder.
At the moment the sky was quiet here.

But soon I saw it coming from the back garden.
We had a short shower here, that was all.

I don't like dry lightning.
Nor do I like bad weather with winds from a certain corner of the river.
It blows the clouds to the next river and then it comes back and hangs above us until it's silent.
My gram and uncles used to say it and it's true.

We had hours of lightning!

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About **Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."