Simon Brooke said:I keep noticing (and in my naivete I continue to be
astonished every time) by people here talking about going
for a cycle, stopping at a pub, having a glass or two of
beer and then carrying on cycling. I just could not do
that. I will not cycle or drive for about eight hours
after I've had any alcohol - the thought worries me silly.
And yet, clearly, other people do it all the time...
Do you feel it's responsible? Do you feel it's safe?
Nope, and nope. Alcohol dehydrates me, I have enough trouble
staying hydrated on a ride as it is, and I avoid anything
that does that *and* leads to pressing urges to dive into
hedgerows full of prickly stinging plants.
Not only that, but I need my skills as sharp as they can
be on a bike at this stage of things - blunting them
with alcohol's only going to end painfully in tears at
some point :-)
Personally, I can count on the fingers of one hand the
number of times I've drunk *anything* and then driven, let
alone as much as a pint or two, so there's no chance of me
doing that then getting on a bike.
Personally I'd like to see a complete bar on
drinking/driving/cycling/operating machinery, but there's
too many that would protest at that still. I just feel that
if it impairs your judgement then it's a bit daft to then do
something that puts both yourself and others at risk.
--
Velvet
