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Simon
Guest
Face first into the tarmac today. The first time since I was about 7 years old. Cut chin (a perfect
'L' shape), cut nose, fat lip, sprained wrist and a mouth full of grit, which I thought was bits of
tooth at first! I took a damp corner too sharply. Just slipped out and smack!
Couple of kids came over to ask if I was okay. All I could say in reply was, "I don't know, do I
look okay?", to which they replied, "Well... no" (I was covered in lots of blood). A passer-by
stopped her car and asked if I was okay. I asked her again if I looked like okay as I had no idea
how bad the cuts were, I must have been in shock as I couldn't feel a thing. As she lived just
around the corner, she took me in, gave me tea, ibuprofen and even cleaned up my cuts and gave the
kids a couple of quid in return for wheeling my bike round the corner to her house.
This has really given me is a renewed faith in people's kindness. And perhaps I ought to take
corners more carefully in wet conditions.
I will pop round to hers tomorrow with a bottle of wine and more thanks. I definitely owe her one.
I'll watch out for those kids too, as they're often on that corner on my commute home.
So, in one way, excellent and quite bad at the same time (my face hurts).
Simon
ps, Bike is OK, just a chunk out of the saddle and a few scratches. A big chunk out of the front of
my helmet; it's a Bell. The other day someone mentioned that Bell replaces damaged helmets free of
charge. Is this correct?
'L' shape), cut nose, fat lip, sprained wrist and a mouth full of grit, which I thought was bits of
tooth at first! I took a damp corner too sharply. Just slipped out and smack!
Couple of kids came over to ask if I was okay. All I could say in reply was, "I don't know, do I
look okay?", to which they replied, "Well... no" (I was covered in lots of blood). A passer-by
stopped her car and asked if I was okay. I asked her again if I looked like okay as I had no idea
how bad the cuts were, I must have been in shock as I couldn't feel a thing. As she lived just
around the corner, she took me in, gave me tea, ibuprofen and even cleaned up my cuts and gave the
kids a couple of quid in return for wheeling my bike round the corner to her house.
This has really given me is a renewed faith in people's kindness. And perhaps I ought to take
corners more carefully in wet conditions.
I will pop round to hers tomorrow with a bottle of wine and more thanks. I definitely owe her one.
I'll watch out for those kids too, as they're often on that corner on my commute home.
So, in one way, excellent and quite bad at the same time (my face hurts).
Simon
ps, Bike is OK, just a chunk out of the saddle and a few scratches. A big chunk out of the front of
my helmet; it's a Bell. The other day someone mentioned that Bell replaces damaged helmets free of
charge. Is this correct?