Weekend overtakers

Colin Blackburn said:

I went for a ride in the Durham Dales at the weekend to
recce a 1km square for a wildlife survey. On my way back I
met the usual weekend traffic in and out of Blanchland---
one of those places people drive to for a cup of tea and a
wander even though there's bugger all there. Two
overtaking incidents stood out. In one case an oncoming
motorist overtook the three oncoming cyclists by giving
them loads of room. It would have been exemplary if he
hadn't have almost hit me in the process, he didn't seem
to register that I might need road space too. In the
second incident a few minutes later a driver waited
patiently behind me for a minute or so until it was safe
to pass, straight section, no oncoming traffic at all. He
then passed so closely I could almost feel the car but
what was worse the passenger had her hand out the window
holding a lit [censored] and I ended up with a lungful of smoke.

Colin

I was grunting up the easy side of Holme Moss on Sunday,
three motorcyclists were coming down. Some twunt decides to
overtake me and of course give the motorcycles plenty of
room leaving me squeezed between his green Toyota and a
twenty foot drop off. Good job I kept enough in reserve to
shout abuse at him. Needless to say I didn't stop at the
top, just carried on an enjoyed the 46mph descent on an
empty road.