Oops, overslept, and woke at 9.33, realising I had agreed to meet Tony at 9.45 outside Alligators. I washed, dressed, got a cereal bar and a banana and jumped on my bike.... and got to Alligators only a few minutes late.
We'd got an appointment at the Police Station to talk through the World Naked Bike Ride risk assessment. The Police in North Yorkshire have a policy not to do any traffic management, so our 'how to reduce risk' section, which included references to 'police escort' didn't go down too well, but we included it as it was the obvious way to make the ride safer. However, in the end, the officer who saw us gave us two possible ways to deal with the junctions and the problem of the peloton getting split.
So I regarded the meeting as a reasonable success, and Tony and I had a brief chat afterwards before I cycled into town to deal with David's water ingress problem. I arranged to meet up with someone who uses the space under David's flat, to see where the water had got in recently, just to confirm which wall had the problem. I then went to see David who had Richard with him, and Richard's friend John. Gill messaged me; she'd brought the bike lock key into town so I could pick up our youngest at 3.30. She popped in to see David, as she hadn't seen where he lives, or met him. I was pleased they've now met.
I then took David to St Martin's Church, on Coney Street, next to City Screen, to hear the lunchtime organ concert, today being performed by Robert Sharpe, who's the Director of Music at York Minster. The organ was a simple one, no foot pedals, and the pieces played included some Camidge, J.S. Bach, John Stanley and Mozart. I enjoyed Samuel Wesley's 'Hornpipe' most, I think, but found all the pieces very simple (ie a keyboard played with one pair of hands), a bit boring and a bit comical. The sound of the organ reminded me of steam-powered fairground organs. But there was nothing I disliked, and I'd be happy to take him again; indeed, I am booked to do so! David enjoyed it very much, I was glad to learn.
I took him to Browns with Richard and John, and they met with Carolyn. I went back to David's flat and met the person who has access to the space under it, so i could see the offending wall. This will help me describe the situation to the Environmental Health when I speak to them. I went back to Browns and John bought be a sandwich and coffee.
I had a quick look around the cellar with Richard and we found another source of moisture from the soil pipe from the upstairs toilet. That can be fixed fairly easily, I think.
I then got off to go to the Steiner School to pick up our son and 3 outers of soya milk. And a log on the way home. Our son pedalled so hard on one section on the way home that he broke his chain. We phoned Cycleworks to find if they could do it.... no, had to wait til Thursday. We phoned Cycle Heaven and yes, they could do it in half an hour. I loaded up his bike onto my trailer and took it to Cycle Heaven; Ash sorted it in 5 minutes and didn't charge me much. I love Cycle Heaven, it's the best bike shop in York.
I got home and did a bit of chainsawing... some nice offcuts rescued from a skip recently. Then I came in and flopped. What a day!
We'd got an appointment at the Police Station to talk through the World Naked Bike Ride risk assessment. The Police in North Yorkshire have a policy not to do any traffic management, so our 'how to reduce risk' section, which included references to 'police escort' didn't go down too well, but we included it as it was the obvious way to make the ride safer. However, in the end, the officer who saw us gave us two possible ways to deal with the junctions and the problem of the peloton getting split.
So I regarded the meeting as a reasonable success, and Tony and I had a brief chat afterwards before I cycled into town to deal with David's water ingress problem. I arranged to meet up with someone who uses the space under David's flat, to see where the water had got in recently, just to confirm which wall had the problem. I then went to see David who had Richard with him, and Richard's friend John. Gill messaged me; she'd brought the bike lock key into town so I could pick up our youngest at 3.30. She popped in to see David, as she hadn't seen where he lives, or met him. I was pleased they've now met.
I then took David to St Martin's Church, on Coney Street, next to City Screen, to hear the lunchtime organ concert, today being performed by Robert Sharpe, who's the Director of Music at York Minster. The organ was a simple one, no foot pedals, and the pieces played included some Camidge, J.S. Bach, John Stanley and Mozart. I enjoyed Samuel Wesley's 'Hornpipe' most, I think, but found all the pieces very simple (ie a keyboard played with one pair of hands), a bit boring and a bit comical. The sound of the organ reminded me of steam-powered fairground organs. But there was nothing I disliked, and I'd be happy to take him again; indeed, I am booked to do so! David enjoyed it very much, I was glad to learn.
I took him to Browns with Richard and John, and they met with Carolyn. I went back to David's flat and met the person who has access to the space under it, so i could see the offending wall. This will help me describe the situation to the Environmental Health when I speak to them. I went back to Browns and John bought be a sandwich and coffee.
I had a quick look around the cellar with Richard and we found another source of moisture from the soil pipe from the upstairs toilet. That can be fixed fairly easily, I think.
I then got off to go to the Steiner School to pick up our son and 3 outers of soya milk. And a log on the way home. Our son pedalled so hard on one section on the way home that he broke his chain. We phoned Cycleworks to find if they could do it.... no, had to wait til Thursday. We phoned Cycle Heaven and yes, they could do it in half an hour. I loaded up his bike onto my trailer and took it to Cycle Heaven; Ash sorted it in 5 minutes and didn't charge me much. I love Cycle Heaven, it's the best bike shop in York.
I got home and did a bit of chainsawing... some nice offcuts rescued from a skip recently. Then I came in and flopped. What a day!
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