{"id":13080,"date":"2024-03-13T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13080"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:09:28","slug":"days-out-flo-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13080","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: Flo\u2019 Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8810-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13078\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8810-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8810-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8810-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8810-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8810.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">About to set off for work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is only our second day of ownership &#8211; or should I say Flo\u2019nership? &#8211; of our new Nissan Qashqai. We\u2019re calling her Flo\u2019 (go with the Flo\u2019!?), at Claire\u2019s suggestion, in preference to Bertha, which was my idea (she\u2019s a big gal!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m driving like a super polite and fairly timid little ol\u2019 lady. And I\u2019m actually enjoying doing so. It\u2019s a lot more relaxed and relaxing than zooming around. Not that I was always zooming previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8812-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13079\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8812-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8812-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8812-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8812.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Got this doodad, for hands-free navigation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve had a few phone mounting devices over the years. And I\u2019ve never really liked any of them. I\u2019m hoping this mirror mounted thing might prove different? I only ordered it yesterday. Great that it arrived so quickly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s so good to be back at the wheel, and working\/earning. I was extremely worried! My aerial acrobat tightrope walking &#8211; in outer space, with no safety net &#8211; was taking its toll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is only our second day of ownership &#8211; or should I say Flo\u2019nership? &#8211; of our new Nissan Qashqai. We\u2019re calling her Flo\u2019 (go with the Flo\u2019!?), at Claire\u2019s suggestion, in preference to Bertha, which was my idea (she\u2019s a big gal!). I\u2019m driving like a super polite and fairly timid little ol\u2019 lady. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13080\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DAYS OUT: Flo\u2019 Rider&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3oY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13080"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13082,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13080\/revisions\/13082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}