When No One Is Watching

That is when you go out and see if you can still ride a bike.  6:30 am on my first Sunday in residence. Picked the Bike ‘key’ off the hook, put the house key in my pocket and went out to the bike.  How do you unlock a bike with a key?  Took a moment to recall.  The street was empty, the town asleep.  I got on, the seat was a bit tall, but can’t be lowered and peddled my way through streets that are picture perfect.  There was not a soul to be seen.  At first I wasn’t quite able to keep it in a straight line, and then it started to come back.  The first little hill was a challenge. Am I going to join the throngs on Monday morning ‘spitsuur’? No.  But I will keep at it and before long I will be comfortable in the saddle.