First ride of the year

[Fazerider]

I'd forgotten it was New Year and finished work at about quarter to midnight last night, I'd intended to leave well before that to avoid drunken revellers  falling out of the pubs in London. In the event, the wind and drizzle kept people indoors, the roads had almost no traffic and as I reached Richmond the skies erupted with fireworks.
They continued all the way down the A316 and even on the M3 all the way to junction 4A it was a rare moment when there were no pyrotechnics visible.
Once I'd got home it quietened down... until 1am when some idiot down in the housing estate (clocks presumably still set to BST) set off some thunderflashes.  :2guns