Cold and icy day

Very cold start, with a heavy frost overnight. Traction was very limited while out running and I took things very slowly, coming back with very cold hands as a result. Pater went off for his usual Sunday bike ride, slipping off on a patch of icy road out close to Charlecote Park whilst going very slowly around a group of charity walkers. Fortunately his helmet took the bulk of the impact — even more fortunately while he'd set out without his helmet, he'd remembered its absence before he'd got to the station and come back home for it before join the rest of the riders.

Mater and I chanced the supermarket, which turned out to be far less busy than we'd feared, where we picked up enough bits and pieces to make suppers for the next couple of days. After a quick lunch we went for a walk in the park, dodging large numbers of kids busy trying out their new bikes and scooters on the still intermittently icy paths.