Winter tires

Last week temps had sunk below freezing during the nights. There was frost on the grass and ice on the roads in the mornings. I decided to quit bicycling and start going to work by bus. But after a week of this I've become anxious to get back on my bicycle, so this past weekend I removed the summer tires and put on my studded winter ones.

With darkness now arriving at 4pm, I've learned that the only real way to fight Swedish winter depression is to get out into it no matter what kind of weather it is or how grey it might be.

This week warmer weather has returned with lots of rain. Tonight I bicycled home in a relatively balmy 4C under a steady drizzle. I was happy to get home, light the fire and sit here and write this post, of course.