It’s definitely got cold now! The Essex river is tidal and brackish but it still freezes on top when the temperatures are down to 10f and below overnight!
Last month I ordered a couple of nice GP shirts from MINI Swag; it turns out the front graphics didn’t print as the designer had wished – they contacted me and all the other buyers, and offered to mail out replacement shirts at no cost!
My new shirt arrived last night – and the print is clearly improved on the front, but just as nice in every other way (see the original write-up for more details).
Here’s the original front print (left) with the new print (right):

(it’s not a crooked print – I just wasn’t very careful setting up the pic this morning!)
I thought the shirt was great (“fabulous”) before – now it’s even better!
Some American kids (brats?) today are apparently educated that they are the most important thing in the world and nothing / no-one else matters … their idea of a jolly fun Saturday night game is to smash other peoples mail boxes with a baseball bat!
This is the third time this has happened in the last five years, and it’s extremely infuriating 😦