This really is a great city. In many ways it feels quite European. There is a pedestrianised centre, bikes and bike lanes everywhere, and there are slim, beautiful people of all ages and ethnicities. Gone are the exclusively white, wobbling human mountains of the mid west. 

The bike shop, One to One, was fabulous – really helpful – and sorted us out with a service, new tyre and spares, and diagnosed and fixed the bad noise on Tim’s bike. So the bikes are good to go again. I particularly enjoyed the way the bike frames were displayed in the shop. You have to careful riding past those wild animals.   

So then we continued refueling our legs – an expensive business in this city  – and now I fancy an afternoon nap …. 

Followed by steak and ale pie and an actual real pint in the Brit pub. Its enough to make you feel homesick.