Thankfully, not involving buses.
I had two incidents today.
No joke, within the space of a couple of minutes.
The first was a little car that had a green P plate on – one that means “I just passed my test”. The guy pulled out on me, no indicator.
So I shouted, “Our Lord in heaven, why fore art thou not’th indicating?”
Or, words to that effect – with a tad more profanity.
Clearly, he heard.
So, he pulls to the right and parks on the curb. And I knew what was coming. I slowed, and he made like he had stopped. As I went to pass, he then swerved off the curb and directly towards me, before slamming on as I reacted.
Well, I am a pretty calm person.
Sort of.
In the heat of the moment I decided, you know what? F this.
So I stopped, and walked casually back to him. For a guy who was the big “I am” only a few seconds before, he suddenly became quite alarmed.
I must admit, I was in two minds as to whether to put my cleat into the side of his door. The damage would be satisfying, I can only imagine.
But as quick as I angered, seeing him panicking in his seat calmed me, and I leaned in to his window and said, “just indicate.”
He apologised. Incident over.
I then cycled to the end of the street, went on to the main road down to the lights and a motorbike came so close to me I swear I could smell his body odour.
Insane.
Also there was some other cycling involved today. But it’s all over shadowed by that.
I believe tomorrow is due to rain. Aside from needing to wash my bike I am kinda done with being outdoors for the moment. Which is sad, because I deliberately left it today til later in the afternoon to miss the rush hour kn-b heads. Didn’t work.
