The Sky diving - that's the end of the month, the beginning of November was a bit of IT.... on the bike and in the house. My Home Assistant instance was getting fed ever more info, its an engaging but time consuming cerebral exercise.
One of many screens to display and allow control of devices around the cottage
On the 2nd November I was off down south again this time on my Honda NC750 - staying at services on the M4/A34 for a ride out in memory of our friend who'd died the weekend before. We had it planned in but were due to meet Tezza, cheer him up with a gaggle of bikes, but he didn't have the health to hang on for us.
The 5th November I was on a double blood bike shift 1pm to 11pm. Before that I'd gone shopping on my. Himmy.... at this point we were still a one car family and I think Rachel had the care that morning.
I brought erh Moto Guzzi V85TT home for some food between shifts, I did a stoke run at 8pm then got send back to Birmingham - I'd already been in the afternoon, to drop an urgent blood sample from Royal Stoke to the National Blood transfusion service. I got out of Birmingham at 10am but they'd shut the M6 so it was slow time home with a Mocha at the services to keep me war and alert, got to bed at 1.30am
I was up again at 6am on the 6th as I needed to have the bike back for 8am... this is my 7am roll out in the mist of an autumn morning
7th November back visiting mum who wasn't so well. Then on to look at another bargain bike.... did I buy it ?
Maybe my favourite lane
Yep another Himalayan 411 - 1600 miles and the next model on a 21 plate
The 8th we were invited to join Emma and George at Peak Wildlife Park where he likes to go and its only 10 mins from us a lovely few hours being part of his growing up
On the 9th November our EV arrived, saw it on the 6th and test drove it and had it, we'd had the charging point put in in May 2023. We'd been waiting for the right ( wrongly priced but to our advantage car to come on the market... we've been very pleased so far with it.
The very next day on the 10th the Green Himmy was fetched from Loughborough. A tidy stable, not had three bikes for some while.
Missed more northern lights but still a nice photo midnight on the 10th November
14th back on a PM blood bike shift, I'd be bringing heart tapes back from Birmingham children's hospital if I was parked here - main entrance Royal Stoke University Hospital
Two days later the snow came !
The next day I met my friend Graham for a walk from Cromford to Bonsall - lovely village
23rd My Home Assistant had progressed to a Kiosk tablet for constant data display - well it uses the camera to detect you and switch on as you approach
26th I was back in Heanor building towers from Duplo with my mate Benjamin
Then on the 29th the house was being put back together post painting - picture hanging with lasers in the loo!
On the 30th we were in Milton Keynes at Iflys using up the birthdays skydiving family treat we'd given Teddy for his birthday in April, patient lad. It bloody hurt my back and was sooo loud. We stayed over at a nice but dated hotel that had overtones of the Shining !!
So November flashed by ... December will be in January as this is being uploaded New Years Eve....
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