Sometimes, you just cycle along, enjoy the ride, and you even get home without some awkward incident with an impatient van driver.
I wonder whether those that read the blog may get the impression that it’s perpetual war on the roads here in England. Actually, it’s not too bad. Mostly it’s fine and you can enjoy cycle rides. But, its just the unsavoury incidents that stick in your mind and make it to the blog. There’s limited scope for writing hundreds of posts saying – Another good ride, not much happened today, many cars overtook a bit too fast but mostly leaving a reasonable gap.
photo Top Middlesmoor, Nidderdale.
The reason I keep coming back to this site is that you’re generally upbeat. There’s too many blogs out there full of moaning/car driving hating etc…
It’s nice to read something positive, let’s face it most of us cycle for fun not to start a war!
The BBC have some very weird ideas all round. Comes of being Guardian reading Champagne socialists. They can’t decide whether to be an extension of the nanny state or eco mentalists.
the BBC are especially bad. they only have two (oddly, self-contradictory) cycling narratives
1 – cycling is shiny, joyful, green, healthy virtuous activity enoyed by increasing numbers, petrol evil, muscle power saintly
2 – cycling is an extraordinarily dangerous activy indulged in by lunatics who are themselve dangerous, it is an activity only to be attempted with armour and after being properly trained, and certainly not suitable for children to do alone
meanwhile two or three times a week I peacefully ride my bike in london and the outskirts…quite fast, with lots of other ordinary people.. just going places.