welcome back Roody.
My ride today was, again, the short commute (about 12m RT instead of my usual 22 RT). My chain and freewheel are needing replacement they are starting to skip and jump. They've been on this bike for about a year and a half, which means they've got about 7500 miles on them- not bad for a chain and freewheel. My bike is a 9 speed though and I've noticed I burn through front chainrings a little faster (since there's only one of them instead of 2 or 3) so I hope I don't need to replace that too.
Rode home in a blustery spitting rain but barely got wet and the skies cleared about a mile before home to a stunning autumnal sky.