EP0057-201 Phase 2A Trial - Cycle 2, Day 15, fourth infusion day - 25 November 2021

 Cycled in. Hills are getting harder. This had also been evident in Devon, with uphill walking accompanied by much panting.

I wasn't able to write much on the day as the Centre WiFi was largely absent. Catching up  on 9 December and can't remember much about this one, except infusion got done.

Going home in the car was different though as we had gone electric the day before - zing zing. Christopher had only done one test drive in the new second-hand machine (to be known as the electric vehicle or ev - Evie?). Making it go is easy - bit like driving a smooth dodgem car, but the dashboard resembles a jumbo jet's with lights and displays and buttons and dials galore, most of which we haven't looked up in the manual yet. I think I have counted five different modes of braking which certainly got us going. Still, it was a problem-free trip to and from our usual collection point, which is just outside the Congestion Charge Zone. Once we get our paperwork done and pay GBP10 to Transport for London, we'll be able to drive in the CCZ for nuffink (until 2025 or thereabouts I think). Vehicle Tax is nuffink too, for now, and we get a discount on our residential parking. Just as well as the ev has eaten up more money than any previous car we have bought.

We had tested it the night before but still pleased that bike fitted in back of ev without having to take wheel off. Not sure what I was worried about - ev may have number plate suggestive of '!!!KAZAM!!!' but if the bike fitted in one day I don't believe in the magic that will mean it doesn't  the next. Ev is smaller than previous car, which was a bit of a tank, so I'm going to have to curb my kitchen sink tendencies when packing for holidays.

Chips for dinner - post-infusion habit.

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