I finally sold my Honda Blackbird on eBay. Last year I did 0 miles on it, and this year I managed about 2,500. Last year I moved house and my second son, Tom, arrived. This year I had reason to commute on it and I earned enough Brownie points at home to get a day away on the bike.
A friend organised a group trip to see the 1st World War graves in Northern France. Somehow the Friday we picked was a very wet day sandwhiched by some nice hot days! This didn't ruin the day at all really - for me, biking is mostly a social affair and having a day touring abroad with a group of strangers (except one) was a lot of fun. The WW1 museum and sites were very sobering too, and it was nice to pay some respect.
One of the first things my wife did when the cash for the bike cleared was to buy me a XBOX 360 as commiseration! I've managed to play it once so far, but having never owned a console and certainly not one that can be a media centre extender, HD DVD player etc. is an exciting prospect.
So, by means of the XBOX 360, I may finally get to do some laps of the Nurburgring!