3000km

On the way home from work tonight, the odometer on my bike ticked over to 3000km — somewhere on the hill just before St John’s Wood high street. Apparently it ticked over 1000km about six months ago (I’ve no idea when it ticked over 2000km). So 2000km in six months — a lot of that commuting (I really know that stretch of road pretty well by now).

But what else have I been doing? Not blogging, that’s for sure. 250 or so kilometres of that cycling was in France — from Dieppe to Paris, over three days. That was pretty amazing (pretty rainy on occasion too; and certainly hilly) — zooming through quaint French towns that I’d assumed wouldn’t actually exist as they do. 100km was in the Netherlands — from Hoek van Holland to Amsterdam. That was done on one sunny day — pretty much the best cycling I’ve done for a while, actually.

Other stuff? A lot of work — stuff at Moneyspyder is going pretty well, and I’ve learnt a bunch of stuff about Ruby, Rails and e-commerce. I’ve been to a few spots around Britain, Paris (twice); various visitors have come and gone, and I’m halfway to getting a different visa. Summer (as in the weather) in London pretty much sucked. And it’s definitely turned autumn now, so I’m preparing myself for several months of darkness (or at least dullness).

So there you go, a summary of stuff… See you again in six months!