This is how we do it in Puddletown

[darkemeralds]

This is the story of riding in the rain.



Common knowledge: It rains a lot here. But these last few days? Monsoon. Never seen anything like it. Downpours, day after day. So when your main form of transportation is a bike, and you look out the window in the morning and see this:



...what do you do?

Well, if you're me, you put on your merry rainboots and your raincoat and go outside:


...and if your bike lives outside and you forgot to cover the seat, you dry it off:


Then you load up the coffee cup, put a plastic bag around your computer and stuff


...and you put on your helmet 'cause it's a pretty good rain-hat.


...and off you go. You don't bother with makeup because of that one time when three hours into your workday somebody suggested you look in a mirror and you realized that your mascara was halfway down your face.


There are puddles liek whoa.



And if you get stuck on the bridge, it's coffee break time!

It's not without its beauties, though:




...and when you get to work, only your knees and your raincoat and boots are wet and it's not that bad!



...but I could do with a little sunshine.

Comments

[darkemeralds]

Yes! The little wooden balance bikes are beautiful artisan toys, aren't they? I only see pretty well-heeled kids on them. Taking the pedals off the bike the kid is eventually going to ride seems much more sensible, and I'm pretty sure that's how the adult-training situation goes. Though the adult bike would be lower, probably, than the one the rider would eventually buy and ride.