We call them Water Butts here. Snag is, even the water butts were dry. Even when we had the odd thunderstorm, there wasn't that much rain with them.

It has certanly rained heavily off and on since Friday though - and it's been windy and cold for this time of the year. Went to work by car this morning and wished I'd cycled. Rain, wind and my husband had an industrial tribunal 40 miles away to attend - the last firm he worked for cheated him out of his holiday pay. He left me with the car at work and he took the train there and back, then met me in town. He won his case

The weather's brightened up now so I took the bike for a run to make sure she was running OK after my changing the tube in the rear wheel on Friday night. She's running sweet

Cycling to work tomorrow provided we don't have another wind and rain storm like the past few days.

We definitely have to encourage more people to take up cycling. Went into the local bike shop this afternoon to get a pump for my bike and was chatting to the owner. He says that sales of road/racer bikes have shot up in the past couple of months. He was saying that whole families are now buying bikes to commute with.

I saw a fantastic bike that I would love to buy for my grandson. It looks like a little motorbike. Unfortunately he'll have to grow a bit as he's only 18 months old This bike would be for a 6 - 8 year old. Still Grandma's going to buy him his first bike for his Christmas as he'll be 2 by then

Nothing like getting them started young