Hidden Advantages

There's one thing I forgot about riding a bike: It gives you good shank muscles (hey, I looked it up in a dictionary, and it said "shank" was correct - never heard it before in my life). In fact, I'm tempted to wear knee-high trousers or skirts, and that's a first.
Now, if I could only lose a bit of those spare tires (or "Michelins", as someone once lovingly called them) around my stomach area. If I were unfavourably disposed, I would say I look like a balloon on stilts.

And, completely unrelated: There are jackdaws nesting in our neighbour's chimney, and they're hellishly loud early in the morning. And there's a pheasant in the garden.