I had an uneventful trip around the Guild Wheel yesterday. I can cycle 20 miles or so without any problem to my knee but can’t walk 4 miles, all to do with weight-bearing. So here I am back at my start, Red Scar, for another muscle strengthening ride. I wouldn’t go anywhere near the motorway system at present, so I’m staying local. The Wheel here takes you along the access road to Preston Crematorium which brings back many sad thoughts of departed friends. I’ve only gone a few hundred yards when ahead of me is a cluster of police cars and ambulances. How can this be on this dead end quiet lane?
A father and daughter were out for a gentle safe ride along the wheel. A stressed inattentive car driver travelling at speed on the wrong side of the road. Result one seriously injured cyclist and one very scared daughter. The dent in the car windscreen said it all. I hope the cyclist is OK.
I turn around and cycle back home.
I sympathise with your reaction.
My worst fear, when driving. And I daren’t ride a bike on the roads any more.
You will have noticed I only do ‘off-road cycling’ these days. So much for getting on your bike to save the planet.
That was a particularly nasty accident which shook me to the core. It should never have happened on that quiet lane.
It sounds horrendous, I hope the cyclist and his daughter are both okay – I think I would have retreated too if I came across that 🙁
It was horrendous.
I don’t get the Evening Post which tends to have all the local news in it, so I too hope there was a good outcome.
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