I have just taken delivery of a new bicycle, the result of a happy accident when a neighbour, Paul West, discovered that I am a long-standing enthusiast for Pashley Bicycles:-

It’s a Pashley (again), based on a Guv’nor, which is what I ride on at the moment, but specially customised for metropolitan riding: five gears; painted a tasteful shade of autumnal olive-brown; an upright instead of drop handlebars; and a bell to repel the runners on the towpath by the canal.

Not surprisingly, I look fairly cheerful (it was nice and sunny on the day of the photoshoot):-

It’s my only exercise:-