As you
might imagine there's not really been much going on recently. I only managed a
couple of trips on the bike this year before the whole country went into
lockdown and my work sent everybody home.
A very
wet demo run in January, and a short ride locally to bed in some new tyres as
the condition of the old ones in the wet had scared the hell out of me on the earlier
run.
I had
great plans for this year too, all of which, one by one, either had to be
cancelled or postponed or which simply never got off the ground. There's some
talk of having me work from home, which will be a bit of a novelty. It will
certainly cut down on the commute.
However,
I mustn't really grumble. I'm luckier than some, still getting paid, and my job
is likely to still be there when this is all over. Not everyone can say the same.
Motorcycling
these days seems to consist mainly of late-night sessions on eBay, buying bits
and pieces for the bikes to give me something to do in the garage, as well as
catching up on a number of small jobs I've been putting off.
While I
could probably go out for short trips on the bike it is, after all, the very
definition of 'self-isolating', I’ve been resisting. No matter how good a rider
I think I am, the possibility remains that should I be involved in an accident
it would divert any number of already overworked emergency workers away from
more important duties.
It would
be a bit hypocritical to laud their efforts on the one hand, while possibly
adding to their workload on the other. And, really, who wants to be anywhere
near a hospital at the moment? My bikes will be staying put for now.
I guess
that it's important to remember that all of this uncertainty and upheaval will
pass, eventually. Life will get back to normal, or at least a new normal. In
the meantime, take care and stay safe.
