Last Sunday my son's friend, Nicholas, was one of 29,000 cyclists who took part in the London to Brighton Bike Ride in aid of the British Heart Foundation. He arrived in fine fettle and had lunch with us afterwards.
There has been a spate of letters in the Daily Telegraph about whether bicycles should have bells. My husband, Don, was taking a short cut to the station one morning along a narrow path with notices saying "No Cycling". He heard an agitated ringing of a bicycle bell behind him which he ignored. When the path grew a little wider the cyclist managed to squeeze past. As he did so Don's elbow "accidently" came into collision with him and knocked him into the holly hedge. The man regained his balance and as he rode off shouted "If I wasn't in a hurry I'd come back and thump you". Don went the long way round for a while after that.
Very funny - I love that story about my daddy! Wasn't there one about a bicycle, a narrow path, and a swan too?
ReplyDeleteAnd three cheers for Nicholas Timms - now known as "Nick Timms" to all except the Bowlers, it seems!