Holding a Lightning Conductor in a Storm

Tuesday, May 28^th 2013

We all have days when we feel like we’ve really rubbed our faces in it. Today was mine.

            I biked to Georgetown through mist. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t safe either. Still, made CTK alright where I talked with their V.P.

            I stayed in Georgetown to help with Links2Kids afterschool program. It was only at the end of my stay I realized my problem.

           It was raining. Badly.

           I headed out, hoping for the best. I hadn’t gone a kilometre when I heard it.

           Thunder.

           Riding a bike in a lightning storm. Great.

           It really was tough. It was hard to see with the rain blowing in my face. I was soaked from the downpour and the puddles I inevitably went through. Brutal.

            Ironically, when I got back to Acton it was sunny and relatively dry. Apparently it’d stopped raining some time before.

            I suppose it shows even the most dour beginnings can lead to successful ends. For my part, I was glad I was alive.

            Just another ride in Inspire Halton.