icy

So today...  oof.

Started off with of course the weather change.
Ice everywhere (rained all night then froze, then light snow - no sublimation).  Put the Studded tires back on...

But got ready to hook the trailer up and flat tire. Damnit. No time to change it at least I found it at home and not halfway in. No i don't have a spare tube for it.  

Not having the trailer was a good thing. The wind was strong enough to bring me almost to a complete halt and require significant watts to keep forward progress.  Checked weather info when I got in, 40 mph gusts? Oh. Yeah. Guess that makes sense.

The snow, and sustained winds that were a bigger number than the temp (23°F 25mph sustained) made for a fun commute.  With the trailer and it would have been even more challenging. 

Cold enough even that I could stop and get the phone out and grab a snapshot of the icy growth...

Photo doesn't quite do it justice. The long bit of ice there is coming towards the camera, pretty long. and yes that's ice in the rest of the hair, not snow. Frozen solid. I should have waited to shave. It was cold.
But I survived.  Just hoping for the wind not to shift much until after I get home.

fod yn rhyfeddol

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