A Dismal View of the World

Just when we were beginning to recover from the loss of one friend from a bike accident in Cuba, we get the horrendous news that another of our cycling friends has died after she fell and sustained horrendous head injuries in another bike accident, this time in Portobello on Tuesday night, when a car clipped her back wheel.

Because she is an organ donor, she is on life support while the doctors look for recipients for her organs, but this will be switched off once they are harvested.

It's hard to take in, when a personality as big as Audrey's disappears in the blink of an eye like that. I had a long chat with her on Saturday evening and she was full of anticipation about her cycling holiday in Portugal next month and we were making plans to meet up for a blether.

It's been a horrible day, news wise, weather wise and domestically. If only the sun would come out, life might seem a bit it better. This constant rain depletes the spirit and makes the world a depressing place.