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Screenshot of texts 1 says the rain wasn't a problem but bad Google directions and an unwillingness to give up were, but he safely arrived 2 congratulates him and chastises him, asks if he was steered to the motorway 1 says the opposite 2 suggests goat tracks

The nurses also say I should get a lift back with my friend. The 10 mile journey counts as "exercise" which I swore on the iPad questionnaire I wouldn't do for 36 hours after for fear of fainting. Seems maybe #NationalBloodDonorWeek and #CycleWeekUK don't mix. 19/

The rear of a grey bicycle in the lower third of the image, with a muddy rocky trail behind it showing up a hill face, surrounded by leaves and trees.

A bearded bespectacled man in a brown t-shirt on a blood donor bed, propped up with a purple pillow behind. In his right arm is a needle and a tube carrying blood, and a cuff blood pressure gauge is strapped to his upper arm. To the right is a table tray with biscuits, water, coffee, and a book, and behind this is the monitor for the apheresis spinning machine.

It's both #BikeWeekUK & #NationalBloodDonorWeek so an opportune time to tell you what I got up to yesterday - apparently #WorldBloodDonorDay, and I was giving a few units of my best platelets to Welsh Blood Services.

Follow along for narrative twists and turns - ironies x2 at the end! 1/