Cold wet sunny winter roads.

[Brendan W]

I hate them. Just enough water and mud to mess up the visor and no rain to wash it and low sun making it worse. We were returning from a friend christening his new aircraft when the oncoming van drivers started flashing me. Either all van drivers are bikers or they assume all bikers are breaking the law most of the time. So we have a check point or speed trap ahead. A squad car is parked at a crossroads by a country pub and as we slow my wife notices two patrons exiting the pub a bit worse for wear. My eye is on the Garda. Bloody hell this is the third time this year this guy has stopped me. He says hello and we hear the sound of tyres spinning. I'm thinking I'm gonna be hit from behind but his eyes are up on the two guys leaving the area in their van at high speed and he's gone after them.
Four miles further in we pass the Farm Shop at about 4:40pm. This morning we learn that a three car collision happened there at 4:45 with one fatality so far. Just seems so random.