neonascent

This morning I went for an early morning run. I was planning on making it two laps before heading home, but half-way through the second I noticed a very bright orange light in the southern sky. It was very overcast this morning, and at first I thought it was just ligh polution, until the fact that it was fading brighter and softer made it obvious that it was not. After climbing up some of the rocks near the running track, I could see that it was a massive flame from the top of a smoke stack. My guess is that it was from the refinery, although I would of thought that too far away to see.

Yesturday I went for a little ride on my bike, after having left it for more than a week in the rain without giving her exercise. The performance had been shockingly bad, so I took the excuse of checking out the flames as a chance to ride hard and get rid of any muck from the plugs.

It was great fun riding at 5am, as one can imagine, though I’m surprised how unconfident I am after just a few days off the bike. Couldn’t find signs of the flames, but headed to La Parouse as a good destination (near the refinery), and kept the bike in 2nd most of the way. The conclusion: Nice and cleaned out bike, and a happy owner proud of a bike that can do 130kph in 2nd gear!

(Sorry for the obligatory bike-geek post. I’m really not that boring, but have just got back from the ride, so still buzzin’. Also, you may have noticed that I missed my chance to refer to the bike as a “she” and used “it” most of the time. I really love my bike, but have inexplicably given it a guys name: Christopher Walken. I think it’s probably traditional to do a girls name, but CW just came to mind. :S)

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