Todays ride saw me riding around 30-40 miles along the toepaths of the bridgewater canal, going southwest out of Manchester. The weather was nice, the toepath was much firmer than it has been in weeks. There were literally hundreds of fisherfolk out though. Just taking advantage of the nice weather or some kind of event? Most were really nice and had no problems getting out of the way and I had a little chat with one or two. A couple of others were moaning and whingeing about cyclists even though I was taking great care to be courteous. I saw one lad on a mountain bike though who was being anything but courteous, dangerously overtaking people (ie not giving them any kind of warning and just squeezing past) and I think I saw him run over some fisherdudes rod, which led to a small argument. Had half a mind to push the ald in canal, but the weather was too nice. It felt really good to get out of the city into the countryside. It has been a while since the only noises have been the trees and birdsong. Roll on next week!