This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Beep Beep - I'm overtaking you now and signalling turning left into the Texaco station and will run you down unless you slow down and make way for me to buy my petrol. WTF? So I asked her and that's pretty much what she said. I will run you over when I turn left in front of you unless you slow down when I warn you of impending serious bodily injury and damage by pressing twice on my horn. Beep Beep - your life may change forever in the next 5 seconds. Thanks for the warning. F*cking retard.

That's my route, albeit with a different start point. I've tried most ways out of SE London and that's probably the best all round.

#wouldrep

Today I have gainful employ. Commute was tickety boo. I love life. 11/10 would live again.

Puncture this morning. Reach in bag for relevant tools. No tools. Not even irrelevant ones. Did swear.

AttAvk of flying ants last night and no sunglasses. Had an early dinner last night too

Early tea?

Little gulps of protein...

Waste not want not

One of the few days that I could actually taste London's famous London pollution. Actually considered digging out my Respro mask, then I came to my senses and BTFU.

Can't believe it's taken me so long to find it.

Crash/accident this morning. I was in a bike lane, coming up the inside of a double-decker bus. I was going about 14mph and paying attention. The bus driver waves a white van across its path. I see the van and break sharply. I get badly rear-ended by the cyclist behind and get thrown forwads onto the road in front of the van (which fortunately has stopped). I'm fine, bike fine. Rear ender cyclist complaining of a pulled muscle in his shoulder. Lesson 1 - he shouldn't have been cycling hard / slip-streaming where there is limited visibility of traffic movements. Lesson 2 - I should have yelled "breaking" to cyclists behind. Any views?

i blame the fucking bus driver for waving the van driver through.

You could've shouted, either way it's the cyclist behind's fault for riding too fast/too close for the situation.

I blame the fucking bus drivers parents.

#blamethatcher

Rode in just before 6 am.

Did this last week. Was beautiful morning, green wave pretty much all the way. Fantastic.

5am taxi to Heathrow, 6.55 flight to Manchester, taxi to meeting that I almost had to get out of due to the chemical reek.

Manchester- why no cafes? Having lunch in a fucking bowling alley right now as it was the only place we could find.

Still- very sunny here, and if I ask the locals to repeat themselves it's perfectly possible to work out what they mean.

Your own chemical reek?

Don't be too upset when no one bothers asking you to repeat what you just said.

I'm using gestures.

What part are you in? There's plenty of cafes. Not many bowling alleys though.

Draw your own collisions thread or it didn't happen.

There's a really good coffee place called Grindsmith. Recommend.

Through the park? (Surrey Canal Path?) That's my route to London Bridge but I start in Nunhead so don't have as far to go as you. Love the fact it cuts out any time on OKR and avoids E&C.

5am taxi to Heathrow, 6.55 flight to Manchester, taxi to meeting that I almost had to get out of due to the chemical reek.
Manchester- why no cafes? Having lunch in a fucking bowling alley right now as it was the only place we could find.
Still- very sunny here, and if I ask the locals to repeat themselves it's perfectly possible to work out what they mean.

I'd have gone spare!