Now that I had decided what to make for dinner, I needed to quickly pop to the shops on the way back from George's mine to my mine.
I mean, I had a lot of apples to buy.
Jenny and George were going to head straight to the mine. They didn't need to buy their own apples.
But how was I going to get to the shops and then back to my mine?
I considered a few different options, but then it hit me...
StrumCycle.
I was in a good mood. I was about to reopen my mine, and it was Basket of Apples for dinner.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to accompany my journey with a bit of a tune?
StrumCycle is ideal for this.
It's a modern fibreglass bicycle with an integrated guitar.
It plays a tune while you cycle, of course, but when you stop it is lightweight enough that you can pick the whole thing up, attach the detachable neck to the guitar and play any tune you want.
Now, there are a few drawbacks to StrumCycle.
Firstly, when cycling it only plays one tune, so you have to really like that tune.
Luckily, I do.
Secondly, when attaching the detachable neck, you need to restring and tune the guitar, which can slow things down a bit.
Thirdly, when playing the guitar, the wheels do get in the way slightly.
But apart from that, it's the ideal combination bicycle and guitar.
I made it to the supermarket, stopped to restring the guitar, attached the neck, played three songs, detached the neck, restrung the guitar without the neck so it would keep playing tunes while I cycled, locked up the bike, bought 27 apples and a basket, unlocked the bike and cycled straight to the mine.
I made it in record time.
(I usually play songs both before and after visiting the supermarket.)
I arrived just as George and Jenny were putting up the OPEN sign above the mine.
We were ready to resume drilling to the centre of the Earth!
Well...
As soon as Zargoid 5 and Dennis had arrived.
And we'd had dinner.
Note to self: Perhaps add gears to the bike. It would make cycling easier, and they could also change the tune the bike plays.
