Well yesterday was absolutely crap.

I cycled down to an event that I saw advertised by a particular local councillor that I had been wanting to have a chat with. Only about a 13 km ride, so should be no big deal.

Unfortunately, it was wet, and rounding a corner at one point my wheel slipped out from under me and I crashed. Got a nasty gash in my elbow and a less nasty one on my ankle, but the worst thing is I landed directly on my phone. It’s now completely buggered.

I had stuck thongs in my bidon cage to change into (from clip-in cycling shoes) once I got there. So I walked the last 4 km in thongs. Do not recommend.

And the kicker? I finally arrived and she wasn’t even there.

Slight horror story.

I have battery power motorised blinds. About a month ago, one of them stopped holding a charge. No problem, just keep it plugged in all the time, I thought. When I opened them yesterday, I noticed a swarm of ants on one of the windows and blind. Where did these buggers come from?

After I cleaned the swarm up, I inspected the blind. I noticed that the ants were still appearing around it. So I take the blind down. I pull the motorised end out of the aluminium tube. There I found, an entire colony of ants, nesting on and inside the motor, and down the metre long tube.

Suffice to say, I think I found the cause of why the battery no longer charged.