title Fred's New Bike and an A140 Closure, Brome, Suffolk - 27th February 2021 intro The shortage of bikes thanks to everyone and their dog buying one during Lockdown One means that we're about five months late getting Fred's birthday present, but finally something suitable shows up at Madgett's Cycles in Diss. After Mick Madgett saws off enough saddle post enough so that Fred can actually get on the thing, we take it out for a test spin - first for a follow-up visit with Isobel to the old sewage works on The Avenue, and then Nosher and Fred go out for a slightly longer ride through Mellis, where we catch up with the closure of the A140 as the road is diverted round the new roundabout. imgc7123 Mick trims the saddle post imgp6312 Isobel and Harry wheel their bikes out imgp6314 A miniature pony goes for a walk imgp6317 Isobel and Harry on the avenue imgp6319 Isobel pokes about imgp6321 Harry kicks the burned-out car imgp6323 The boys inspect the derelict car imgp6328 Up on the wall of the derelict clarification tank imgp6329 A random pipe sticks out of the ground imgp6330 West's massive new chicken farm imgp6331 A pumping station and a huge tank imgp6332 Isobel gets ready to go imgp6338 One leg of the Brome Triangle is closed off imgp6339 The A140 is completely shut imgp6340 More layers of closure further up imgp6342 Fred and his new bike on the A140 imgp6343 The Thrandeston Road is closed too imgp6345 The other roundabout is not yet ready to go imgp6346 The other end of the closure, up by Yaxley imgp6348 The new Yaxley junction imgp6349 The new Castleton Way, on the left imgp6353 Back home, we have a bit of a burn up imgp6361 Tongues of orange and yellow flame