For once, a touch of flaming June

It seems like this is the first time in many years that we have had such a run of good weather, bright crisp rather than sticky, warm but not too hot -- certainly while I've been on holiday, it is.  It's been good to just kick back and enjoy after a fairly gruelling spring, in terms of both weather and work, potter a bit in the garden, start to do some real cooking for a change, and get out on the bike just for the sheer  enjoyment of it.  And without going on any endurance rides, averaged 15 miles each day so far, more than I would have done if it were a working week.