...there is only so much you can do.
But, if you do that much
then you really do get somewhere....
...time was passing by showing no mercy and I was still looking for an opportunity to try out how my bike would handle in terrain while loaded. Time, commitments, weather... none of them seemed deigned to cooperate with the rest or even be wiling to meet halfway, when suddenly... all this faded into significance.
It was then that time appeared out of nowhere, forecast didn't seem as grim and commitments ended up tied up in the basement. I was heading out!