Last day of 2023! Dropped the bike at the mechanic's (he lives in the next lane) and walked to upper cavehill road. Headed up cavehill with the cavehill walking club, and we were rewarded with a crisp, clear noon with lovely views from above while it rained on parts of Belfast! Picked up the bike after the walk, and hung out with the walking club at cHILL over coffee. As I was riding back home, the accelerator started turning freely and stopped responding, and I was left suck at the junction! Called the mechanic, and while I waited for him, a passer-by who saw me stranded, came over to help. He saw the problem and immediately identified it as the heated grips coming loose from the accelerator base plastic, but he didn't have any tools or anything to fix it (he was visiting his mom on the next street when he saw me stranded!). The mechanic arrived, and super-glued the heated grip to the accelerator base plastic, and I was back on the roll. Headed home, grabbed a quick bite while Shruti got ready, and set off to shop. We picked up a cast iron casserole from Ikea, and a quick drying towel from Decathlon. We planned on dropping off a few things at one of the charity shops in the city centre but they were all closed. Grabbed a (very disappointing) bite at KFC and headed home to shower and get changed. Blogged and grabbed a quick nap while Shruti got ready. Headed off to the city centre, where we had booked tickets for a nightclub which had been hired out for a private "bollywood dance" party to bring in 2024. It started off supoer empty with nobody on the floor, and we found it weird as all the other people were very young (they looked like university students). The dance floor began to fill up, we started dancing, and eventually our friends turned up as well. By then it was so packed there were times when we struggled to move, let alone dance! Felt like a throwback to when we had gone to Kelly's in Portrush to catch Paul van Dyk, although Paukl van Dyk was miles better than this bollywood dj who was mostly playing punjabi songs and crappy remixes of old bollywood songs. Still, the dancing was great, and we really rang 2024 in in excellent spirits!
