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Nick Kew
Guest
Pedalled home tonight, about 10pm from Plymouth.
That's by no means unusual - I ride in to town for the evening
quite often. But going on a Tuesday is exceptional.
Coming home, was the worst ride I've had in a long time. Traffic
(and pollution) was *much* higher than I am accustomed to at that
time of evening, mostly coming in the opposite direction (into
Plymouth). And it seemed most of the buggers wouldn't dip their
headlights for me, so I spent half the time shading the eyes:-(
Add to that a disproportionate number of them passing me far
too close, and a very high pollution level, and I was not happy.
Now, I wonder if there's any kind of weekly thing here, that might
make some days more trouble than others? I regularly make that
journey on Mondays and Fridays, and not infrequently on Wednesdays,
but I don't recollect it ever being as bad as this. It's Fridays
I tend to think I should avoid cycling, due to the risk of more
drunks, but when in practice Fridays don't seem any worse than the
rest of the week, except for the immediate area of the nightclubs.
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Nick Kew
That's by no means unusual - I ride in to town for the evening
quite often. But going on a Tuesday is exceptional.
Coming home, was the worst ride I've had in a long time. Traffic
(and pollution) was *much* higher than I am accustomed to at that
time of evening, mostly coming in the opposite direction (into
Plymouth). And it seemed most of the buggers wouldn't dip their
headlights for me, so I spent half the time shading the eyes:-(
Add to that a disproportionate number of them passing me far
too close, and a very high pollution level, and I was not happy.
Now, I wonder if there's any kind of weekly thing here, that might
make some days more trouble than others? I regularly make that
journey on Mondays and Fridays, and not infrequently on Wednesdays,
but I don't recollect it ever being as bad as this. It's Fridays
I tend to think I should avoid cycling, due to the risk of more
drunks, but when in practice Fridays don't seem any worse than the
rest of the week, except for the immediate area of the nightclubs.
--
Nick Kew