Bloody big groups of cyclists. They are just a nuisance!
Not something I fancy. Too much of a loner and it’s hard enough concentrating on road conditions and traffic without someone wittering in my lugs beside me
It’s nice to talk about cycling rather than look at another two threads that just seem to be going round and round in endless circles. Is there really so many terrified, paranoid women out there or am I and most of the women I see around here just brave or lucky to live in a good area?
You live in a good area, as do we and generally none of this is a problem.
Other than my wife I've never discussed this with a woman. I intend to ask the women I know well enough to ask as and when I see them. Mrs P feels the vast majority of women will have experienced some form of unwanted sexual attention in their lives. My best friend is a woman and she walks her dog in an unlit park twice a day, I've told her this worries me, she says it doesn't worry her. There are areas of Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London where I would always be wary, some places I would not go to at night. I'm a southerner, born and raised 45 miles from London - 50+ years ago I knew Clapham Common was a bad place to be most of the time and definitely so at night. For Mrs P there are areas much closer to home where she would be very wary, such as a short stretch of unlit lane, 200 metres, where she would walk in the middle of the road rather than in the dark shadows of the trees. When Mrs P finished a split shift at work, 02.00, she would ask the security staff to walk her across the car park to her car. We lived in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 40 years ago, Bobby Sands territory along with a lot of very dodgy characters. I used to walk to the bus stop to meet Mrs P as she returned from a late shift. Mrs P would not walk the canal at night, I would but only very warily, our next door neighbour will not go alone at any time. It's a personal choice.
I don't want to get involved in here, it's not the place. I do though have a lot of time for
@monkers and her understanding approach to this and other subjects. I think it's important to understand the reactions of those you want onside.
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