I was very lucky this morning.
Lucky because, though the weather looked horrible outside, the rain held off, and the wind, though a crosswind, was slightly more behind me than in front, so I got a bit of a shove, and arrived in to work very early.
Lucky too that I wasn't hit by the car that turned right across my path. I thought I'd had it, but my speed and instinct got me past.
Mind you, I'm not as lucky as the bastard driving, who managed to have a clear escape while I was turning round to chase him, so I didn't even have the prospect of getting him within VRN-reading range.