Strange Encounter

Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> wrote in news:brk0i1-h7b.ln1
@gododdin.internal.jasmine.org.uk:

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There's usually one a year. He (always he) drives his new
4x4 out onto the sand at low tide. And gets it stuck. And
the tide comes in. This year's Suzuki Grand Vitara was
three *days* old when it was immersed...

I've seen this happen a couple of times, once at Burntisland
(also a Suzuki Vitara, back before they were "Grand" though)
and once at Cramond during the World Albacore Sailing
Championships. This was a stuck Landrover having to get
pulled out by a Landrover which in turn got stuck. In the
end I think the second Landy was pulled out with a rope and
a bunch of heavy buggers!

Graeme

(Dave Kahn) said:

McBain_v1 <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Good for you 😄 Sounds like this particular [censored]
expected the cyclist to be cowed into submission by some
neathanderthal bellowing from the window of his pollution
machine.

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By wheeling his bike back and confronting the driver Simon
transformed himself from inferior being who must be
instantly overtaken to obviously fit and confident bloke of
superior height invading portable personal territory.
That's why the driver's behaviour changed instantly from
aggressive to submissive. It really is a jungle out there.

I was once harassed on my motorcycle by a bloke in some
small red four-wheeled thing. I simply ignored him while
carefully keeping just beyond reach of his aggressive
manoeuvres, which is easy at city speeds on any but the
smallest motorcycles. He had his girl friend beside him. We
soon parted company.

A few minutes later I parked my bike at a bike park, and
started walking towards my destination shop. It was a cold
day, so I kept on all my bike gear, including helmet. I'm a
small chap, but biking gear makes you look tougher. It
turned out I was walking towards the bloke and his girl, who
must also have parked nearby. He spotted me approaching them
about 20 yards away, and he immediately turned and fled at
high speed dragging the girl along behind him.

Reminded me of those dogs, separated by a fence, who will
run along on either side of it cursing and swearing at the
top of their lungs at each other, and then when they come to
the gap in the fence it's <gulp!> and flee.

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On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:47:12 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Chris

Malcolm) said:

I was once harassed on my motorcycle by a bloke in some
small red four-wheeled thing. I simply ignored him while
carefully keeping just beyond reach of his aggressive
manoeuvres, which is easy at city speeds on any but the
smallest motorcycles. He had his girl friend beside him. We
soon parted company.

A few minutes later I parked my bike at a bike park, and
started walking towards my destination shop. It was a cold
day, so I kept on all my bike gear, including helmet. I'm a
small chap, but biking gear makes you look tougher. It
turned out I was walking towards the bloke and his girl,
who must also have parked nearby. He spotted me approaching
them about 20 yards away, and he immediately turned and
fled at high speed dragging the girl along behind him.

It's funny isn't it? I've experienced it myself, it's
amazing to see peoples faces change as the realisation that
you're wearing full body armour dawns on them.
--
"We take these risks, not to escape from life, but to
prevent life escaping from us." bensales.combensales.comOpen ↗

"Graeme" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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a bunch of heavy buggers!

Albacore sailors, no doubt!

Simon

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:05:21 GMT someone who may be Simon Brooke
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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The other, much rarer, breed of suburban 4x4 driver causes
even more hilarity in the summer. There's usually one a
year. He (always he) drives his new 4x4 out onto the sand
at low tide. And gets it stuck. And the tide comes in.

The last time I watched the water come in at Holy Island I
saw a man in one of these cars who appeared to think that
the signs regarding tide times did not apply to him. The
water rises at visible speed there, due to a combination of
factors. He got a little way along the road before he
thought better of it.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number
F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK
government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

The last time I watched the water come in at Holy Island I
saw a man in one of these cars who appeared to think that
the signs regarding tide times did not apply to him. The
water rises at visible speed there, due to a combination
of factors. He got a little way along the road before he
thought better of it.

In which direction?

David Hansen said:

The last time I watched the water come in at Holy Island I
saw a man in one of these cars who appeared to think that
the signs regarding tide times did not apply to him. The
water rises at visible speed there, due to a combination
of factors. He got a little way along the road before he
thought better of it.

In Stanhope there is a ford across the river Wear, though
there is also a bridge but the route is slightly longer (200
yards each way?) There are very, very prominent warning
signs that the ford should only be used when the water
levels are low. A deliver driver a few of weeks ago decided
that as his vehicle was high the ford would be okay even
though the river was in spate. Needless to say the lorry
ground to a halt half way across. It got even funnier as the
river was such a torrent that the driver and his mate
couldn't get out and the rescue services couldn't even get
to them safely by boat. In the end they were winched out by
helicopter. I'm not sure if they still work as delivery men.

There's a photo at (the article questions whether the rescue
was over the top):

tinyurl.com27t57Open ↗

redirects to:ontent_objectid=13861215_method=full_siteid=50081_headline=-
Rescue-operation-at-ford-under-fire-name_page.html>

The council are reviewing the status of the ford:

durham.gov.uk77F8A0B3Open ↗
064D088F80256E21005A0950?OpenDocument

ObCycling: Avoid the ford!

Colin
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:38:48 -0000 someone who may be marc
<marccdimspamremovedimspamto [email hidden]> wrote
this:-

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The last time I watched the water come in at Holy Island
I saw a man in one of these cars who appeared to think
that the signs regarding tide times did not apply to him.
The water rises at visible speed there, due to a
combination of factors. He got a little way along the
road before he thought better of it.

In which direction?

He was attempting to leave.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number
F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK
government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

David Hansen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

The last time I watched the water come in at Holy Island I
saw a man in one of these cars who appeared to think that
the signs regarding tide times did not apply to him. The
water rises at visible speed there, due to a combination
of factors. He got a little way along the road before he
thought better of it.

There's plenty of entertainment to be got down by the tidal
Thames when it's in flood in the Twickenham / Marble Hill
area. People look at the warning signs when they park
(presumably) but just don't believe the river can come up
that high that quickly. Cycling along the towpath when it's
just becoming submerged is just about possible but decidedly
dodgy as it's all too easy to wander off the path into the
river proper.

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Dave...