Originally Posted by Shadow

I've never lived through a whole winter in the northern hemisphere, so hearing stories of snowstorms etc etc at home is all a bit unusual. My Azalea bush blooms in the middle of winter here, flowers planted in September (Spring) are still blooming madly in May the following year. We have around 240 days+ of sunshine here every year, so there's really no need for your bike to ever get wet in the rain...................
Woof, I salute your endeavours and I too cannot eat with the gusto I once did.
To our "Brothers in the north", happy Canada day.
We have Mr & Mrs Obama here for a few days, visiting with the Mandela family - Nelson's in hospital and it's not looking good..........
So our currency values will probably take yet another knock.
Ah well, life goes on, I'd swap places with you Woof for a week when the fish appear in the Sound................
"While my guitar gently weeps"....................