My boyfriend and I moved into our flat 2 years ago and have we done any decorating? No chance - as both of us are avid cyclists the house seems to come 2nd, 3rd or even 4th place to most other things.

We have 8 bikes in the flat because we don't have any outdoor space, spare sets of wheels here and there, a mountain of wheel bags. Not to mention the inner tube, the track pump and the nine-speed cassette that's been sitting in bits behind the door in the sitting room for the last 2 months.

We have small oil marks on the carpet in the hall ( another reason why we haven't bothered to decorate yet), next to where the tool box lives and about 10 waterbottles that scattered themselves around the kitchen. If the weather's wet there'll also be shorts and jersey's literally hanging round the place drying.

I must admit there are days when all the crap really gets me down and I'll have a rant, but there's other days when I feel our place really could give a small bike shop a run for it's money!!

PS - What's a dust bunny and do you think we get them in England?