29 days rain with no end in sight....

29 days straight rain, with no inclination to stop, at least until Sunday.

I still have not missed a day bike commuting due to the weather, sometimes I am not sure if it is my own tenacity or stupidity that makes me do this.

Last Thursday seemed to get the better of me; I really wanted to be in a car. KHL and I now do yoga over at Britannia, this means getting out of wet gear and getting back in to it, doing yoga then getting in to again and coming home. Having a car would have so much easier [and expensive]. Last night it was raining even harder than the previous Thursday, having some decent gear makes all the difference.

I bought a new pair of gloves and some booties both Activa brand. These booties are a great idea, especially wearing new runners. There is no way these shoes would five minutes without these booties, there is so much crap on the road.

Who would have thought my first winter riding without a car would turn out to be one of the wettest on record ? It is also very warm, with the temp rarely going below 8 degrees C, this makes the transition from speeding down the hill at 60kmh to pedalling up hills the rest of the way, more difficult. I can either freeze coming down the hill or roast the rest of the way home.

I am rapidly coming to the conclusion one of the reasons why people are so out of touch with the outdoors, particularly in winter, is due to all the time they spend in their cars. Why do you care if it is raining, if you jump out of your front door and in to your car ?

Environmental issues have not been up front in this election at all. We should not let the major political parties dictate their own agendas, the people of Canada need to wake up the quality of air and water - get outside more, especially in the bad weather.

addendum: http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_rain20060131.html