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Cold and windy lunchtime leg stretch, pretty uneventful until a smiley young mum with little blonde baby in a baby seat (that's how close she was), decided that despite the fact I was in primary and that I was only 10 yards from a roundabout and five from a raised kerb she was going to overtake.
I heard the tell tale revs and past she came, cutting hard left in order to avoid smashing into the raised kerb on the right with the illuminated sign on it. I swung hard left as she came past and then had to brake hard as her dirty silver Ford Focus was now occupying the section of road I was supposed to be on.
When she drove off I made eye contact in her side mirror and she was all happy happy smiley, so I guess she thinks that's a perfectly sensible way to drive. Not sure what she will think when she finally manages to knock someone off their bike... assuming she hasn't done it already.
Reg noted and report filed on line with A&S Popo. Not expecting a response.
That's incidents on each of my last three rides... if I were paranoid I would think they are out to get me.. but in truth there are just an awful lot of fuckwits out there, and sooner or later one or two..or five will pass through my sphere of existence.