The gods conspired...
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:29 pm
Weather forecast for today - horrendous. Deluges everywhere.
Matinal has already been cancelled anyway, so didn't need an early start.
Stay in bed until nine. Potter about. Bits of blue, but lots of cloud. Do a bit of gardening.
Still bits of blue. Hmmm.
Gets to 11:30, still bits of blue.
Put dinner on the go.
Stuff it - I'm going out. If I get wet, so be it. Mr NC decides not to go.
Kit up.
Drag bike out.
Do I need fuel? Hmmm nothing on the tacho. Turn key on. It was on. Realise there are no lights. Nothing.
Mr NC comes down, just as I say, "well, I'm not going anywhere anyway".
Flat battery. Yes, it was on the optimate.
Thinking about it - this one is about 5 years old, and it was a cheap one.
Grrr. New battery tomorrow then.
Still rather I found out today, than on Tuesday, when I plan a really twisty ride out with both of us. The one day with (hopefully) no rain.
Matinal has already been cancelled anyway, so didn't need an early start.
Stay in bed until nine. Potter about. Bits of blue, but lots of cloud. Do a bit of gardening.
Still bits of blue. Hmmm.
Gets to 11:30, still bits of blue.
Put dinner on the go.
Stuff it - I'm going out. If I get wet, so be it. Mr NC decides not to go.
Kit up.
Drag bike out.
Do I need fuel? Hmmm nothing on the tacho. Turn key on. It was on. Realise there are no lights. Nothing.
Mr NC comes down, just as I say, "well, I'm not going anywhere anyway".
Flat battery. Yes, it was on the optimate.
Thinking about it - this one is about 5 years old, and it was a cheap one.
Grrr. New battery tomorrow then.
Still rather I found out today, than on Tuesday, when I plan a really twisty ride out with both of us. The one day with (hopefully) no rain.
Took an hour to get near the front, then the battery died. Totally. Had to push it off the MOT station 
.