Suppose I ought to say what I am doing--My other hobby is gardening. Luckily the leaves are off the lawn- the Veggie patch is dug and the Greenhouse is tidy. It is so cold that 10 minutes outdoors is enough. So gardening will not be possible or necessary for a few weeks.

House is well maintained but I am on the lookout for a wood burning stove for the shed. Have plenty of wood from last years tree pruning so seems ideal.

But bike riding- Road riding will be out if there is a possibilty of ice. Most of my riding is on back roads that Flood in winter- or if not flooded- have plenty of run off from the fields. So the MTB will be made ready. Apparantly the forecast is for a dry but cold winter. So frosted ground up on the hills will be great- but if too windy- then I will be exploribg a few of the local woods to see if I can get some routes sorted for a few novices to offroad that want to start riding. Whether they will do it in Sub Zero temps is to be found out.

And on the UK temps- I know it was at the other end of the country but parts of the UK hit -18C today.That is below 0 F. Here it did not get above 28F all day but it has just risen to 36F at 8pm. Looks like I will wake up to a white covering on the roads.