New commuting era

I live about 5 miles from work and drive... Just easier... Until now.

Few weeks back our genius council bought in a parking zone in the area next to us. Guess what no one wants to pay the incrementally more expensive permits for more than one car so they all park in our area. So zoned area loads wasted spaces ... My area ... Gridlock

Fed up with spending 20!mins trying to find a space has prompted me to start cycling to work.

So this is my eBay find .. £175 and luckily had an old rack in could put on and some panniers from a tour years ago ... Funny twist found a corkscrew in one of them... It was a hardcore tour