0559 Alam goes, press five minute delay and listen to the radio news.
0604 Bounce out of bed, pee, weigh myself and write it on the board. Curse.
Check outside thermometer. Shower, dress, eat weetabix, check bike tyres and pack pannier with paperwork/shirts whatever.
0625 Make tea for me and Mrs G and take it to her in bed. Sit a while.
Chat if she is making any sense. Explain patiently that I haven't sold the house/painted the dog/bought a plane... (despite what she's dreamt.)
0629 Emergency alarm goes off. Sit a while.
0639 Bounce out of bed (again), rush downstairs, get bike off hook, switch on lights, set off down a deserted lane. Get a thrill from clicking in the second foot and looking for the moon or seeing the steamy breath from the cows.
0650. Hit the dual carriageway. Dice with death over four roundabouts. Grin and shout "YeeHaaaH" if there's something very close with multiple axles.
0710. Turn off down another little lane. Breathe deeply. Gaze at the sunrise.
0730. Check time on the town clock as I sit at the lights beside the prison.
0745. Arrive at work. Park bike on the rack outside. Wash, change, make coffee, say good morning to Dee and Jean the cleaners. Walk to classroom across yard, despair at the appalling noise from the adjacent motorway, switch on laptop, open and print the files I've sent to myself from home, get ready for the day starting in earnest half an hour later.
Rejoice that I ride a bike.
