Red hot Chilli Peppers

We have the first ripe red chillies as of this week :-)
The larger chilli plant has nearly finished flowering, I think -- no sign of any ripening fruits on the smaller one, but plenty of green ones. I shall have to step up my kitchen dried chilli usage in preparation for a fresh harvest!

We are about six weeks ahead of last year in terms of ripening :-)

Bicycle affairs

According to the figures I have cycled 263 miles since I got my new cycle computer configured at the start of June (I hadn't realised it was so recent). 33 of those miles have been over the course of the last two days, 43 in the past week, and I am definitely feeling the burn -- so much for those stupid radio promotional slots saying "anyone can do our sixty-mile charity bike ride, 'it's not your wheels, it's how you use them'". It doesn't matter how experienced a cyclist you are or how accustomed you are to propelling along a heavy bike, if you're not used to covering long *distances* you're not going to be able to do it. Ten miles with a following wind I can do at a cruising speed of 13–14 mph. Sixty miles is completely out of my league, and I've been cycling seriously since I was seventeen.

I am getting better at managing the new cycle computer. ( Read more... )

( Signalling arm strength )

( The vanishing luggage strap )

( Oil stains )