Towcester to Wood Burcote, Wood Burcote to Silverstone, Silverstone to Whittlebury, Whittlebury to the A5 and home via Waitrose. It was a glorious day for it and it’s got my plan to get my exercise levels back up to where they ought to be this year, despite not yet being fit to run. I must log the ride and figure out the distance. It was more than I’d intended to do, especially as I still have a head cold, but I got a bit carried away out there.

Now showered, organised for tomorrow, and ready to go back to work (sort of anyway). We’re sitting watching the New Year’s Day concert from Vienna on our shiny new 32-inch HD TV (which feels as if we have a cinema in the corner of the room and is taking some getting used to).