Mandy thinks Ellen's getting all growed up while she's away what with the big girls bike and everything. Wait til she sees this. She doesn't look nearly silly enough in the old man's new specs.

A day of domestic drudgery ferrying weans to school and nursery, scampering to work and heading to the Bike Station to see if I could rake up some old bright steel rims for the Dutch bike. The old ones are pretty irredeemably wonky although rideable. No luck.