Recently, I went for the first ride after 3 weeks of solar trickle in the failing light and sun of a British autumn. Photovoltaic technology has improved to the point where strong, direct sunlight is no longer a prerequisite for generating electricity. My little panel worked, it seems, enough so that the bike started at the first try, despite the cold and lack of recent use.
It is, as I said, autumn, the changeover season of jeans with winter gloves, summer boots and winter buff. It’s the season of extremely irritating light levels - you realise just how far north the UK is when the sun remains at such a glaringly impossible squint of an angle for hours on end.
It’s autumn - the start of the pub roast season. So I got to thinking about how to judge a pub, having spent the summer judging vineyards by criteria other than wine.
Clearly parking will be a factor - in the wet and muddy winter, paved parking will have a large advantage. Coffee is eternally a factor for me.
Wood fires and outside heating could tip it just as much as good food and bike-friendly service.
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