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Isn't it quiet out there?
Last Thursday afternoon, cycling home, I wondered what 'that' noise was.
It was persistent, monotonous, a low rumble.
Eventually I twigged it was the tyre noise,
of the Marathon Plusses on the bituminous surface.
Normally there are enough cars, approaching, just overtaken,
on the 'next' road, there is enough background noise to render the bikes' tyre noise inaudible.
This morning, no Builders' vans, seemingly no supermarket deliveries, no Yodel/DPD deliveries,
even the woman who commercially walks 6 yapping/barking dogs hasn't (yet) arrived.
No distant rumble from Chiltern Line trains,
and, even CostainSkanska jv seem to have stopped destroying the trees on Ruislip Golf Course.
(Did have a load of helicoper clatter early yesterday evening,
but,
we are under the flightpath between RAF Northolt an HMS Warrior in Northwood).
It's almost enough to make me listen to Depeche Mode.