Bloody Awful Journey to Work

louismichaels
louismichaels Posts: 118
edited April 2010 in Commuting chat
Today's journey was unusually tedious:
Endlessly zig-zagging around potholes.
Trying to find space amongst the motorcycles in traffic light cycle bays.
Braking hard as scooters dive into cycle lanes without looking.
Avoiding pedestrians drifting into the road, seemingly despite seeing you approach.
Swerving as taxis pull out of T junctions.
Negotiating buses as they overtake you and then immediately pull left into their stop - why did they bother to overtake?
Trying to predict the lane-indiscipline of white van man.
Every traffic light turning red as I approached.

At least it wasn't raining!

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  • iPad
    iPad Posts: 112
    louismichaels wrote:
    Today's journey was unusually tedious:
    Endlessly zig-zagging around potholes.
    Trying to find space amongst the motorcycles in traffic light cycle bays.
    Braking hard as scooters dive into cycle lanes without looking.
    Avoiding pedestrians drifting into the road, seemingly despite seeing you approach.
    Swerving as taxis pull out of T junctions.
    Negotiating buses as they overtake you and then immediately pull left into their stop - why did they bother to overtake?
    Trying to predict the lane-indiscipline of white van man.
    Every traffic light turning red as I approached.

    At least it wasn't raining!

    Were you wearing an invisibility cloak?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    fu<k you.... I've have loved that, I took a rammed tram and then busy train

    count yourself lucky
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  • louismichaels
    louismichaels Posts: 118
    Fair dues Clever Pun.
    I probably deserved that!
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    View it as cycle training for your Masters in cycling skills :lol:
  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    do you have one of those little helmet cams? It would make a terrific vid!
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    louismichaels wrote:
    Today's journey was unusually tedious:
    Endlessly zig-zagging around potholes.
    Trying to find space amongst the motorcycles in traffic light cycle bays.
    Braking hard as scooters dive into cycle lanes without looking.
    Avoiding pedestrians drifting into the road, seemingly despite seeing you approach.
    Swerving as taxis pull out of T junctions.
    Negotiating buses as they overtake you and then immediately pull left into their stop - why did they bother to overtake?
    Trying to predict the lane-indiscipline of white van man.
    Every traffic light turning red as I approached.

    But isn't that what makes it so much fun?
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    louismichaels wrote:
    Fair dues Clever Pun.
    I probably deserved that!

    it's all relative... it can get you down. just remember it's better than other modes of commuting
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    I'd add to that having other cyclists pull out in front of you, watching them jump red lights endangering pedestrians crossing and not following accepted etiquette when they do stop at lights....

    Seriously, out of all the illegal/dangerous stuff i saw on the road on my commute in today about 70% of it was done by cyclists.

    No wonder we're hated.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    mroli wrote:
    out of all the illegal/dangerous stuff i saw on the road on my commute in today about 70% of it was done by cyclists.

    This should be the header on the forum homepage. Couldn't agree more.
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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Arse! That'll teach me to be flipant. Hit every major junction as the lights turned red, watched two numpties cycle through anyway, decided I would have them once the lights turned green then promptly hit the same feckin' pair of potholes that took my chain off last week thus creating the exact same result. Sh*t journey!
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Clever Pun wrote:
    fu<k you.... I've have loved that, I took a rammed tram and then busy train

    count yourself lucky

    +1 motherfcuking 1. I'm confined to the sodding train at the mo thanks to the fcuking incompetence of the NHS.

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