Looking Back

Edinburgh and the Forth Estuary from the East Lothian coast near Longniddry. The hills centre to right are the Pentlands and Arthurs Seat. The carbuncle is the Cockenzie coal-fired electricity power station. Since I blipped the Torness nuclear power station a few days ago, I'm reminded of a quote I heard recently from George Monboit:

nuclear causes calamities when it goes wrong,
coal causes calamities when it goes right,
and coal goes right a lot more often than nuclear goes wrong.

I cycled to Drem for the train this morning, then took a long-ish way home this evening, totalling 48 miles. That used to be routine, so it was good to be able to do it without much of a struggle - good to be on a proper road bike for a change too. I will, though, remember to take some snacks next time instead of trying to survive on water. I downed the best part of a litre of OJ and guzzled lots of peanuts when I got to the East Linton CoOp about 4 miles from home.

Other than that, a couple of exciting parcels - my new bargain specs and the 2011 Tour de France "Official Souvenir Pack". The specs work (phew, old prescription was OK) and have clip-on sunglasses, so I have sunnies for the first time in lots of years. And the TdF pack is excellent - a great big magazine, a poster-map, an enormous 1cm=10.5km road map with the route marked, a DVD of the 2010 highlights and a book with extracts from some cycling memoirs. For £10. If you like the TdF (or if you'd like to), get this.

More miles tomorrow. Might even wear my sunnies =)