Yesterday I got home dry against expectations. Yay!

This morning was wonderful. 12 degrees C, no wind and quite foggy, and no traffic to speak of. Up until now I had been riding my autumn/winter bike with an MTB crankset, which is not really suited for paved roads due to the low front gears, I always seemed to be in between the middle and large chainring . Yesterday I swapped it out for a brand new XT trekking crankset. Mucho better gearing!