Bike related

So, Scottland kindly accepted to be the poor sod who had to come to Stratford upon Avon with me to see David Tennant in Hamlet (See blog post http://www.therevcounter.co.uk/blogs/f...96-hamlet.html )

The decision was made to go on the bikes, despite the predicted weather and tbh I think it was a vague attempt at keeping our friendship intact...several hours trapped in a car with me in hyper-excited mode would try even the closest of relationships methinks.

We ...

...and there is a reason for it.

Happy sitting waiting at some red lights on the Stratford one way system this morning when I glance in my mirror.

Imagine my surprise to see a small van rapidly approaching me. He pulls into the lane to my left last minute and shoots through the red lights, leaving me wide eyed and open mouthed with a faint smell eminating from my trousers.

He'd got through another set of lights before my set turned green (and they'd been ...

...when those car blues and twos you see behind you when you are pootling along at allegedly 85mph+ on the A12 at 0300 are not the police car you fear, but are in fact an ambulance

*phew*

Had my first bird/helmet interface on Sunday...fooking hurt! Had images of feathers and mashed bird of my lid...possibly a wing stuck to it and fluttering as I continued following Tazzie...was semi-disappointed to discover there was barely even a mark

...is somehow MY fault!?!

Heading round the one way system in Stratford towards my office, one junction away from the left turning I need to take. Car in front of me takes this left, I continue, speeding up from the slowed down speed of around 20mph…suddenly faced with the side and then rear of a car. Rapid braking and lots of beeping with a nice shake of the fist.

The car sneaks left just as the lights changed red…it would appear they are going to my office or the ...