(4.28) Too hot to even shake a stick! Languid llamas, glowing geese, dozy ducks, chillaxed chickens and their sun stroked serf. Lovely! No pictures at all of today. Truth is, my brain was so addled by this unusual warmth I completely forgot to take the camera with me. I took a pair of spare batteries of course, but no camera. I barely had the energy to fill the two ‘lakes’ – transporting water by bucket is quite exhausting and the geese and ducks had the look, around their beaks, that implied ‘stop bloody complaining and hurry up’! I spent mid-day sweltering inside, completing some overdue admin, with not a breath of air to stir this very turgid atmosphere. I’ve decided I need a ‘punkhawhalla’ with a very large fan! Rode over to the coast for tea with mum, parked the bike in her garage, and stuffed my face with roast chicken (almost after 6pm). Drove back to local city with brother and nephew. Brother was catching a train to Guildford (a First Class ticket was cheaper than a standard Second Class!) and I have no explanation for this but it warrants a ‘Cheers, Richard’. Young nephew is staying with me until Tuesday afternoon, then we drive down to Guildford, meet up with brother, and investigate Lego Land, Windsor, on Wednesday (what fun). If we survive the Lego experience we shall return North on Wednesday night. I have a part-worn tyre and a replacement speedo cable coming for the bike during the week and an MOT booked for Friday. That’ll be another year taken care of. The suction-cupped convex mirror road-test worked a treat (almost). It’s an auxiliary wide-angle mirror that works well in conjunction with handlebar mirrors but I’d never seen myself riding my bike and I had a couple of emergency stops to contend with ‘cos I couldn’t take my eyes off the image! I’m alright now though. The suction cups worked reasonably well but one of them failed on the way back and I would have lost the mirror had I not had it tethered to the handlebars by a bit of string. I certainly didn’t want to see £40’s-worth of mirror bouncing into the long grass. Once the suction cup had been replaced it was subject to a high speed run to the coast and survived the journey well, as I did! It was much more useful on the motorway and an excellent way of keeping an eye on overtakers. I’ve included a couple of pictures below. The Business point? The llamas have an excellent way of coping with the heat – they adapt. They position their back legs in such a way that it raises their rump, enabling cool air to circulate under their bodies. In winter, their legs are folded tight and their bodies are closer to the ground in order to conserve heat. You may need to adapt, and adopt, slight changes to your routine in order to cope. A rigid, inflexible approach may doom you to melting or freezing. British soldiers are renowned for their ability to quickly adapt to changes in climate – going from snow in Sweden to deserts in Dubai, rain in Rangoon to monsoons in Malaysia. How about you? Will you melt, freeze, or breeze! The Daily Llama
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 22:29:15 +0000
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