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  1. Original post
    wafflycat
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    I was out on the bike this afternoon. It was a thoroughly glorious day, even
    the wind was warm. Loads of newborn lambs in fields, primroses blooming in
    the verges and I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a field. They were
    totally unconcerned by large woman in fluorescent Lycra pootling by.

    On way back home, cycling through a village I was overtaken by a fit young
    man on a mountain bike. Serious stuff - he was sipping from his camelbak and
    had his head down - he was pedalling hard. My cheery "afternoon" was
    ignored. Fit young blokes on MTBs, going fast whilst sipping from their
    Camelbak are not going to acknowledge the existance of the middle-aged woman
    in Lycra on a tourer with mudguards, pannier rack & Brooks cotton duck
    saddlebag.

    Fit young bloke started to zoom off, and I thought "B*gg*r it, I've lost
    weight, I wonder if I can catch him?" So I set off. I caught him within a
    100 yards or so and sailed past him. As I did so, I offered a cheery
    "Afternoon. There's life in the old girl yet." and zoomed off in front of
    him. It was only much further on when I had to stop for traffic that he came
    by me - and only because he went illegal by going on the pavement at speed.
    I don't do pavements. Must admit, I enjoyed myself immensely overtaking the
    fit young bloke. Makes the weight loss worthwhile :-)

    Cheers, helen s

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  2. davek
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    wafflycat said:

    I was out on the bike this afternoon.

    I'm stuck in the office. Pah!

    Quoted message said:

    I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a field.

    How charming. I caught a glimpse of a fallow deer while out last Sunday
    - I heard a rustling in the trees and looked round in time to see it
    springing off. Obviously I am a more frightening sight than you!

    Quoted message said:

    Must admit, I enjoyed myself immensely overtaking the
    fit young bloke.

    Hurrah! for you, Boo! for him for the lack of politeness, and Boo!
    again for the pavement cycling.

    d.

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  3. Dave Larrington
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    davek said:
    wafflycat said:

    I was out on the bike this afternoon.

    I'm stuck in the office. Pah!

    Quoted message said:

    I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a field.

    How charming. I caught a glimpse of a fallow deer while out last
    Sunday - I heard a rustling in the trees and looked round in time to
    see it springing off. Obviously I am a more frightening sight than
    you!

    On last Saturday's Essex Lanes a group of us were obliged to stop due to
    Horse Activity. Chap #1 managed to get past horse, only to anchor up ten
    yards up the road as a hurtling deer /just/ succeeded in avoiding his front
    wheel. It was closely followed by about twenty or thirty more...

    --

    Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
    World Domination?
    Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
    floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

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  4. wafflycat
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    "davek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    wafflycat said:

    I was out on the bike this afternoon.

    I'm stuck in the office. Pah!

    Certainly in deepest rural Norfik it's quite glorious and I'm tempted to go
    out again for an evening pootle.

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a field.

    How charming. I caught a glimpse of a fallow deer while out last Sunday
    - I heard a rustling in the trees and looked round in time to see it
    springing off. Obviously I am a more frightening sight than you!

    Perhaps, but I doubt it - the deer near me may well have eyesight defects
    ;-)

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Must admit, I enjoyed myself immensely overtaking the
    fit young bloke.

    Hurrah! for you, Boo! for him for the lack of politeness, and Boo!
    again for the pavement cycling.

    d.

    Zaktlee. And it's got my need for speed out of my system for the year ;-)

    Cheers, helen s

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  5. A.C.P.Crawshaw
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    wafflycat said:


    Certainly in deepest rural Norfik it's quite glorious and I'm tempted to
    go out again for an evening pootle.

    Pah! It's full dull in Bangor, apparently it's sunny ten miles to the east but
    since I'm stuck in the office I don't really care.

    And the number of scowling pedestrians and cyclists I encounter while cycling
    the lanes to and from work is quite staggering.

    Alan

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  6. Arthur Clune
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    wafflycat <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote:
    : ignored. Fit young blokes on MTBs, going fast whilst sipping from their
    : Camelbak are not going to acknowledge the existance of the middle-aged woman
    : in Lycra on a tourer with mudguards, pannier rack & Brooks cotton duck
    : saddlebag.

    I was out one morning last week and saw a lass on a down-wrong (a Kingcycle).
    I waved and smiled but got totally ignored. Hey ho.

    --
    Arthur Clune PGP/GPG Key: http://www.clune.org/pubkey.txt
    Don't get me wrong, perl is an OK operating system, but it lacks a
    lightweight scripting language -- Walter Dnes

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  7. Tony Raven
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    #7
    wafflycat said:

    I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a
    field. They were totally unconcerned by large woman in fluorescent Lycra
    pootling by.

    "SMIDSY"

    Tony ;-)

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  8. Tony Raven
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    wafflycat said:


    Perhaps, but I doubt it - the deer near me may well have eyesight
    defects ;-)

    Shirley not a ....wait for it.....wait for it... No eye deer.

    Badoom ching

    The old ones are the best

    Tony

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  9. Zog The Undeniable
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    #9
    wafflycat said:

    I was out on the bike this afternoon. It was a thoroughly glorious day,
    even the wind was warm. Loads of newborn lambs in fields, primroses
    blooming in the verges and I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a
    field. They were totally unconcerned by large woman in fluorescent Lycra
    pootling by.

    And I have to work...

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  10. Simon Brooke
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    in message <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington

    (') said:
    davek said:
    wafflycat said:

    I was out on the bike this afternoon.

    I'm stuck in the office. Pah!

    Quoted message said:

    I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a field.

    How charming. I caught a glimpse of a fallow deer while out last
    Sunday - I heard a rustling in the trees and looked round in time to
    see it springing off. Obviously I am a more frightening sight than
    you!

    On last Saturday's Essex Lanes a group of us were obliged to stop due
    to
    Horse Activity. Chap #1 managed to get past horse, only to anchor up
    ten yards up the road as a hurtling deer /just/ succeeded in avoiding
    his front wheel.

    I've actually been hit by a roe deer. Fortunately neither of us seemed
    hurt - I didn't come off and the deer hurtled off up through the wood
    with not apparent injury.

    --
    [email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

    ;; Women are from Venus. Men are from Mars. Lusers are from Uranus.

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  11. wafflycat
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    #11

    "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:423b1fbf.0@entanet...

    Quoted message said:
    wafflycat said:

    I was out on the bike this afternoon. It was a thoroughly glorious day,
    even the wind was warm. Loads of newborn lambs in fields, primroses
    blooming in the verges and I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a
    field. They were totally unconcerned by large woman in fluorescent Lycra
    pootling by.

    And I have to work...

    On the plus side, you didn't have the sight of a large lady in fluorescent
    Lycra burning out your retinas ;-)

    Cheers, helen s

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  12. Danny Colyer
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    #12
    wafflycat said:

    My cheery "afternoon" was
    ignored. Fit young blokes on MTBs, going fast whilst sipping from their
    Camelbak are not going to acknowledge the existance of the middle-aged woman
    in Lycra on a tourer with mudguards, pannier rack & Brooks cotton duck
    saddlebag.

    Not necessarily so. I used to be a fit young bloke on an MTB, and I
    would have done.

    Quoted message said:

    I caught him within a 100 yards or so and sailed past him.

    Are you /sure/ he was fit? ;-)

    Quoted message said:

    It was only much further on when I had to stop for traffic that he came
    by me - and only because he went illegal by going on the pavement at speed.

    Ah, well, there you go. He was a POB, not a cyclist. POBs don't tend
    to acknowledge cyclists.

    --
    Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
    <URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
    "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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  13. Danny Colyer
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    #13
    Arthur Clune said:

    I was out one morning last week and saw a lass on a down-wrong (a Kingcycle).
    I waved and smiled but got totally ignored. Hey ho.

    She was probably stunned into insensibility at getting a wave and a
    smile from a roadie ;-)

    --
    Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
    <URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
    "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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  14. wafflycat
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    #14

    "Arthur Clune" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I was out one morning last week and saw a lass on a down-wrong (a
    Kingcycle).
    I waved and smiled but got totally ignored. Hey ho.

    Well I'd have smiled & waved back :-)

    Cheers, helen s

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  15. wafflycat
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    #15

    "Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    wafflycat said:

    My cheery "afternoon" was ignored. Fit young blokes on MTBs, going fast
    whilst sipping from their Camelbak are not going to acknowledge the
    existance of the middle-aged woman in Lycra on a tourer with mudguards,
    pannier rack & Brooks cotton duck saddlebag.

    Not necessarily so. I used to be a fit young bloke on an MTB, and I would
    have done.

    Yes, but you are human and a fine gentleman. You are not typical :-)

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I caught him within a 100 yards or so and sailed past him.

    Are you /sure/ he was fit? ;-)

    Wotch it Colyer! And yes, he rather nice muscular legs ;-)

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    It was only much further on when I had to stop for traffic that he came
    by me - and only because he went illegal by going on the pavement at
    speed.

    Ah, well, there you go. He was a POB, not a cyclist. POBs don't tend to
    acknowledge cyclists.

    True, true.

    Cheers, helen s

    Quoted message said:

    --
    Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
    <URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
    "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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  16. Steve
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    #16
    Simon Brooke said:

    in message <[email hidden]>, Dave Larrington

    (') said:
    davek said:

    wafflycat wrote:

    >I was out on the bike this afternoon.

    I'm stuck in the office. Pah!

    >I saw a stag with three hinds resting in a field.

    How charming. I caught a glimpse of a fallow deer while out last
    Sunday - I heard a rustling in the trees and looked round in time to
    see it springing off. Obviously I am a more frightening sight than
    you!

    On last Saturday's Essex Lanes a group of us were obliged to stop due
    to
    Horse Activity. Chap #1 managed to get past horse, only to anchor up
    ten yards up the road as a hurtling deer /just/ succeeded in avoiding
    his front wheel.

    I've actually been hit by a roe deer. Fortunately neither of us seemed
    hurt - I didn't come off and the deer hurtled off up through the wood
    with not apparent injury.


    ....almost ran over a badger once. Not too sure who was most surprised!

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  17. Richard
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    #17
    Steve said:

    ...almost ran over a badger once. Not too sure who was most surprised!

    Well, at least he still appears to post here from time to time ;-)

    R.

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  18. Pyromancer
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    #18

    Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as wafflycat
    <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk@?.?.invalid> gently breathed:

    Quoted message said:

    "Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    wafflycat wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I caught him within a 100 yards or so and sailed past him.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Are you /sure/ he was fit? ;-)

    Quoted message said:

    Wotch it Colyer! And yes, he rather nice muscular legs ;-)

    Next time you encounter him, kidnap him, drag him home and chain him to
    a pedal powered electricity generator. Free power and nice legs to
    watch! :-)

    NP: Sonata Arctica - Black Sheep.
    --
    - Pyromancer Stormshadow.
    http://www.inkubus-sukkubus.co.uk <-- Pagan Gothic Rock!
    http://www.littlematchgirl.co.uk <-- Electronic Metal!
    http://www.revival.stormshadow.com <-- The Gothic Revival.

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  19. Steve
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    #19
    Richard said:
    Steve said:

    ...almost ran over a badger once. Not too sure who was most surprised!

    Well, at least he still appears to post here from time to time ;-)

    R.


    .... he's into cubs over on rec.kites at the moment by the look of it (:

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  20. wafflycat
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    #20

    "Pyromancer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Next time you encounter him, kidnap him, drag him home and chain him to
    a pedal powered electricity generator. Free power and nice legs to
    watch! :-)

    Good idea - I shall have to do that.

    Cheers, helen s

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