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@neil-bah
i love wearing contacts, but I find I need sunglasses even on non sunny days to stop wind potentially drying them out so I have cycling glasses with lenses you can change but normally im fine. When you first have contacts put in by the optician there will be a moment of it feeling awkward in your eye followed by a eureka kind of these are great. The optician normally sits you in front of a mirror and asks you to practice putting them in and taking them out yourself for which they will show you the technique. It took me a couple of days to master getting them off my eye first time. I use monthly disposables. Daily lenses are the best for hygiene but in theory its about good practice with cleaning them and not over wearing them. They will sting and make your eyes water/red the next time you put them in if you have/had contaminants on your fingers such as salt or nicotine,soap etc. Opticians like to put you on a sheme where they supply 3 months or so lenses and bottles of solution at a time however once youre more experienced you can save money using supermarket all in one cleaning solutions and buying lenses online as long as the lenses are suitable and you get a check up periodically.