SMIDSY

[baxb]

Headed off at about 8 this morning to cycle from home (Colchester) down to Danbury Common to meet a couple of mates & have a spin round the trails & mess about in the bomb holes. Anyway, before I got out of town I'm approaching a mini roundabout with a turning off to the left or option to go straight on, I'm going straight on. As I near I see a Volvo V70 (anyone guess what comes next ?)approach from the left, he slows, I carry on & the dopey old bd just keeps coming. I slammed my brakes on & swerve around his o/s wing which I'm about to hit. At this point the old fker hits his horn & stops just after hitting my back wheel, due to my rad bike handling skillz I stay upright & head back to give the stupid old knob jockey a hairdryer before heading on my way. Oh and to add I'm a big lump, I was wearing my Hi Viz yellow jacket & a helmet so wouldn't think I would be that well camouflaged !

I did report it into the local nick on my way home but they weren't really that interested. They did eventually take his reg number, but I get the feeling it was more to get rid of me, they weren't interested in taking my details.

On the plus side Danbury Common is a good place for a couple of hours of riding & now that I've done nearly 68 miles today I'm off to sort out some beer & curry.