Long time no riding

It's not good, but we've not been out for three weeks. Alright, if I go today, which I plan to do, then it's only been two weeks out of the saddle, but I didn't go yesterday, Andy isn't going today, so we're on dodgy ground.

My plan today is to ride over to Kenley, not a million miles away, only 12 there and back (give or take) but there's a couple of decent hills (Whyteleafe Hill on the outward journey and Tithepit Shaw Lane on the way back) so it's a good enough work-out.

Not much going on cycling wise, but loads of crap happening in the world at large. Let's start with Russia and its recent, alleged nerve gas attack in Salisbury: well, what to say? I can't believe the idiots in the British Government and, as you know, the biggest idiot of all is Boris Johnson, followed by that twat of a defence secretary Williamson. I mean, how childish to say that the Russians should shut up and go away. Sounds like a little kid in the playground. When are we going to get some proper politicians?

"Go away and shut up!" This man is in charge of our defence!

Did the Russians do it? We don't know is the truth, but Buffoon and Williamson prefer to work on the guilty until proven innocent model of law and order; they really are a disgrace.

Russia has dominated the headlines over the past fortnight, diplomats have been expelled and it's all very boring. Three people were involved in the nerve gas attack: two Russians (one a spy) and a British policeman who was released from hospital last week. The two Russians are not out of the woods yet, it is claimed.

What else? There's always Brexit so we'll leave that alone (it's SO boring!). Oh, I know, a Quantas jet has gone into the record books for flying non-stop from Perth to London in just 17 hours. On the flip side, two pilots of an easyJet flight have been suspended for fucking around on social media while flying a plane full of passengers – what a couple of nobcheeses.

The other big scandal involves Facebook and a company called Cambridge Analytica. In a nutshell somebody developed an app for the social networking giant and it harvested the data of something like 50 million Facebook users. It is alleged that the data might have been used to influence the result of the US presidential elections. Zuckerberg might appear in front of a Parliamentary select committee in the UK and Facebook shares have dipped dramatically.

I'll report back later on how the ride went.