cottered cranks and corduroys

today i had to drop a car off at work and so needed to ride the 6 miles home afterwards.
as the roads were dry and the sun was out, i got to ride my raleigh popular.
this of course means dressing up in suitable garb. certainly not any modern cycling stuff or a helmet for example.
i rode through the nearby deer park (which i have never seen so busy) and the bike is a real head-turner. it is the cycling equivalent of a classic car but of maybe even more interest because lots of the older folks who see it actually owned one or something very similar...