The birds are trying to kill me

secretsam
secretsam Posts: 5,120
edited February 2014 in Commuting chat
The avian kind, not the laydeez, I hasten to add...

Have nearly been decapitated by a low-flying red kite and at least one deeply-suicidal pheasant in recent incidents. I'm going to write to my MP. Something should be done.
It's just a hill. Get over it.

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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    SecretSam wrote:
    The avian kind, not the laydeez, I hasten to add...

    Have nearly been decapitated by a low-flying red kite and at least one deeply-suicidal pheasant in recent incidents. I'm going to write to my MP. Something should be done.

    I nearly had a pheasant in the spokes this morning - gave me a bit of a fright - probably amused the bus driver behind me though ... :)
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    How's it going Tippi?! :lol:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Are you absolutely sure that your cycling attire is properly visible to avians, or do they find you strangely attractive in some way?
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Good point, even they need high vis apparently :wink:

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    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

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  • MrSweary
    MrSweary Posts: 1,699
    We used to have a psycho pheasant that came into our garden when we were kids. It would wait until you turned your back and then do a ninja flying claws attack on you. When you turned round it would just act as if nothing happened. Cheeky bastard.

    Think it picked on a car one time and that was that.
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Another blummin pheasant this evening ... didn't help that it was 1/2way down a descent and I had a 4x4 coming up behind me. 3rd shout had it in the air ...
    Could I perhaps load a CO2 pump with a frozen pea and aim it in the birds direction - or is that shooting?
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    An angry letter to the times would surely happen
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Mikey23 wrote:
    An angry letter to the times would surely happen

    Better just make sure there's no evidence left then ...
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    How much would a butcher give you for a slightly mangled pheasant?

    Or a decapitated red kite, for that matter?
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • RedWheels
    RedWheels Posts: 56
    I rode into a rat by Victoria park in London yesterday on my way home, it was like riding over a sleeping policeman.

    Of course a rat isn't really a bird as such, more a pigeon without wings

    The joys of nature
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    RedWheels wrote:
    I rode into a rat by Victoria park in London yesterday on my way home, it was like riding over a sleeping policeman.

    Of course a rat isn't really a bird as such, more a pigeon without wings

    The joys of nature

    Did you kill it? If not, you should have gone back and had another go.
    It's just a hill. Get over it.

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