Hi all and hope you're well.
With the amazing weather of late there's been loads of cycling going on with me. I've also seen many other cyclists too taking advantage of the balmy weather. Last night though ,one of my usual quiet 20 miles around the lanes took an unexpected turn for the worst.
It started off uneventful and in the far distance along a dark secluded lane i spotted a flashing light of another cyclist. Before i knew it i was virtually behind the cyclist and noticed that it was stationary with a car stopped in front of it I could hear raised voices and realised there was some sort of altercation going on. When i got close up, it turned out there was around 3 guys from the car and they where giving the young lady cyclist some real nasty abuse. Baring in mind, we were in the middle of nowhere and it was pitch black i decided to stop and intervene. After giving these guys a few harsh looks and preparing to tell them to do one they just got in the car and sped off leaving this poor young lady shaking like a leaf with fear. She was really scared witless of what had happened. Apparently these bully's close past her about two miles back and when she protested about it, they stopped and antagonised her for 2 miles along the road. With no houses or rat runs in sight to escape she had no choice but to just simply keep on cycling hoping they would lose interest and go on there way. She told me she genuinely feared something was going to horribly happen to her. I stayed with her for 20 minutes and reassured her she was now safe and waited until her partner came and picked her up.
Sadly with it all happening so quickly for me, i didn't think to the cars registration and as she was so stressed out over the situation she didn't get it either.
I gave her my details just incase she needed a witness if she was to report it to the police.
After she went one her way home i set off on my way and thought about it all for the whole 15 miles of my ride. It really annoyed me to think of how could a group of blokes woild think its funny or clever to intimidate a young girl in the middle of nowhere. In my opinion there just Spineless bullying cowards who run away at the first sight of me.Sometimes i often wish a had a camera attached to my bike as it would of captured the reg of some of these clowns and any aggressive behaviour..
Anyway apart from my rant on the dregs of sociality i hope you're all well and enjoying this fantastic weather with your cycling
With the amazing weather of late there's been loads of cycling going on with me. I've also seen many other cyclists too taking advantage of the balmy weather. Last night though ,one of my usual quiet 20 miles around the lanes took an unexpected turn for the worst.
It started off uneventful and in the far distance along a dark secluded lane i spotted a flashing light of another cyclist. Before i knew it i was virtually behind the cyclist and noticed that it was stationary with a car stopped in front of it I could hear raised voices and realised there was some sort of altercation going on. When i got close up, it turned out there was around 3 guys from the car and they where giving the young lady cyclist some real nasty abuse. Baring in mind, we were in the middle of nowhere and it was pitch black i decided to stop and intervene. After giving these guys a few harsh looks and preparing to tell them to do one they just got in the car and sped off leaving this poor young lady shaking like a leaf with fear. She was really scared witless of what had happened. Apparently these bully's close past her about two miles back and when she protested about it, they stopped and antagonised her for 2 miles along the road. With no houses or rat runs in sight to escape she had no choice but to just simply keep on cycling hoping they would lose interest and go on there way. She told me she genuinely feared something was going to horribly happen to her. I stayed with her for 20 minutes and reassured her she was now safe and waited until her partner came and picked her up.
Sadly with it all happening so quickly for me, i didn't think to the cars registration and as she was so stressed out over the situation she didn't get it either.
I gave her my details just incase she needed a witness if she was to report it to the police.
After she went one her way home i set off on my way and thought about it all for the whole 15 miles of my ride. It really annoyed me to think of how could a group of blokes woild think its funny or clever to intimidate a young girl in the middle of nowhere. In my opinion there just Spineless bullying cowards who run away at the first sight of me.Sometimes i often wish a had a camera attached to my bike as it would of captured the reg of some of these clowns and any aggressive behaviour..
Anyway apart from my rant on the dregs of sociality i hope you're all well and enjoying this fantastic weather with your cycling
