The mad dash.

On Sunday, despite the recent miserable weather, the forecast was wrong - it was a beautiful day. Ordinarily, when it's dry, we like to take the bike(s) to church. We get a run and, even taking both bikes, it still uses less petrol than our car (a 1.4 litre polo).

Being a trainee biker, I can't get from our house to church as quickly as my OH. Also, I was on the readings, so should have got there sharp to check the bible was bookmarked at the correct points. We live 15 minutes drive away (not including unlocking, getting kit on and locking bikes when we get there time). Given the time we had to get to church (we'd slightly slept in), I decided we should go two-up on the Pan - we left at just after 10:40; the service starts at 11am.

We arrived in time and I did have time to check everything was bookmarked. The other advantage with travelling two-up is I will wear just jeans (with the waterproofs in the pannier, just in case). Much better when it's really warm. Before you wonder, yes I would wear my bike trousers in church. I have on numerous occasions. At least once, when doing readings. There are some who don't approve (they don't approve of my OH and I wearing jeans to church, either), but they are in the minority. If I was bothered what I wore to church, I wouldn't be going for the right reasons. (Small rant over).

I'm hoping for dry weather on Sunday. The Moderator of the Church of Scotland is visiting Kirkcaldy presbytery. He's the yearly "head" of the Church of Scotland. My church building is being used for a special service in the afternoon and as my OH is on projector duties in the morning, he's offered to run the projector in at the Moderator's service. It will be interesting to see the members of other congregations faces when they see the bikes. They'll either love them or loath them. As for the Moderator - I've met him and he's pretty cool. I'm sure he'll not mind. If he doesn't, tough.