Spending my inheritance

I am about to go into London to spend a great chunk of my inheritance.

My very elderly grandmother died around Easter this year, freeing her from immobility and vascular dementia, but depriving me of my visits to her for still very entertaining chats. In her will, she left money to me and my cousins, which she wanted us to enjoy. My investment (I will insist on calling it an investment, as well as an indulgence!) is to be a new bicycle, fitted to me so that my myriad injuries are accommodated as well as can be. The fitting alone will cost over £150, which is more than I have spent in one go (except on flights) for a couple of years. I'm very excited about it, and will post again later on how it goes.

It does seem a little over-board, as I am starting work in a district general hospital in August. I will be living in, so I won't need the bike to commute as I did in London. Still, next year I hope to be back in London as a cycle-commuter again, and this year I shall use the bike for adventures in the countryside around my new hospital. Today is a bit of bleak day for a cycle ride, but I refuse to let the English weather dampen my enthusiasm.