Now I’ve got the new shed in place, I can keep my bike in the old one. It will be easy to remove when I want to work in the shed but also means the bike is easier to access for maintenance and the all-important purpose of taking it out to ride. The other thing that has shifted lately is that our neighbour has switched to a new vehicle and, rather than parking on her side of the drive all the time in a large van, often parks up at the kerbside instead after she has taken her dogs out for an early morning walk.

All of that means that the two major impediments to me travelling by bike more often have been removed and I’ve cycled to work a couple of times this week. It saves me about half the travel time while still giving me an equivalent level of exercise so I expect I’ll keep going with that… and also get back into cycle maintenance again!