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ChasnotRobert
Out on a training ride in the run up to my Scotland trip next month, and while riding along a single track road with passing places that I use a lot out on the Somerset levels I saw a flatbed transit towing a horse box coming towards me. I was nearest to a passing place so I pulled over and waited for the flatbed to pass. I spotted that there were three guys in the cab and at the very last moment instead of the 'thank you' wave that I vainly hoped to receive I saw the drivers arm coming out of the window. My reactions were fast enough that I looked away just in time to get the contents of the drivers water bottle over the right side of my head and face.
I have no idea what kind of person would think to do this, obviously not a nice one, but I guarantee that if I drove to the nearest 'travellers' site, which is just a couple of miles from where this happened I would find the flatbed, the horse box it was towing and the nasty bastard who threw the water.
Needless to say I have not yet refitted the camera bracket to my summer bike, not that it would do much good as I am pretty sure the Police would find the flatbed was running on false number plates, plus I suspect the camp is a no go area for Plod anyway. Still, it would have been nice to be able to do something.