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Can we change the subject?
Somewhat calling myself put but also the woman following me. I pulled into the new advanced start line box thing on St George's circus from Borough Road. With it all being brand new I've ended up next to one of those cycle killer tipper lorries. No worries I think, he can just see me, there will be a cycling headstart and I'll be off before any bother.
Things start going wrong when I notice that it's a mandatory left turn for vehicles and I'm under his front left wheel and then a bus going south jumps the red and comes through the roundabout late, negating any early start.
Because I've been paying attention I can get out and across him, just. The woman following however just breezes along following me, but half a second behind. Thankfully the driver spots her, stands on the breaks and gives her a good tooting.
For the next 5 minutes I was pretty cautious...