Sunny.

Sunny and warm today.

The day was so nice that I cycled down to the zoo. Peter had checked the bike over for me earlier as I had only used it once since last summer but I still needed him to put more air in the front tyre and something is now making a loud noise as I cycle along. I'm sure everyone in the High St could hear me coming. It was too warm to wear my yellow high viz jacket so I got to put on the flourscent pink cycling jacket I had found in a charity shop.

I spent four hours at the zoo and most of that was weeding the large play area. All the little seedlings have begun to shoot up so I used an old table knife to pull them out. Much like removing the last quills from a chicken in the days when we bought chicken from the butcher in an almost plucked state. Remember those? Unlike now when supermarket chicken (which I don't buy) comes ready to cook in plastic packaging.

The cycling didn't take quite as much effort as it had at the beginning of last summer. I still got off and pushed it up the steepest bits on the way home though I managed to get up and over the railway line without too much difficulty.

Once I got home I wasn't fit for much else except having a coffee and painkillers out on the terrace. Soon enough it was time for Pilates. A lot of stretching tonight and I made sure to keep to the easy option in any exercises that might strain the lower back.