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@Velocio
Well myself and fizz are back already.
Park Lane drama on the way to the starting point, almost got taken out by a bus that missed me by centimetres whilst sounding his horn (the other 3 lanes were empty, no bloody excuse for this behaviour), then he cut across in front of me causing me to lose balance, and when I just about regain and catch up he's cursing and swearing at me. We overtook to get out of his way, and then he came up behind me and sat on my rear wheel sounding his horn, and when we got down to Hyde Park Corner he swung the front of the bus in front of me as I cursed like a trooper and gave him the finger for being such a bastard. He was just opening his door to shout at me when I got tired of it all, and still shaking from the adrenalin and fear of almost being hit by him I swung his passenger side mirror around and cycled off with fizz in tow through the narrow space he'd left us and the red light.
Immediately after I pulled over, shaking with fear still and just thought "what the fuck?". He'd had all the room in the world and there was no need for that kind of rubbish. And we'd already had a few near misses before that point.
We basically turned around then. Too many crazy bus drivers and TFL minicabs speeding around in the rain, and not enough of them looking out for cyclists.
So in my Regency Prince (Regents St) costume, and Fizz in her Press Gang (Fleet St) costume, both soaked and still shaken (Fizz at having just watched me nearly die because of that cunt of a bus driver - this is me being calm), we turned Westwards and have just reached home again.
Sucks sucks sucks. But I'm very glad still to be alive. That was the most harrowing experience I've ever had on London roads. Scared the absolutely living shit out of me.
Really hope it's a fun night for those who did go, mostly though... I really hope everyone gets back safely. The roads are hell tonight and the rain is just making drivers all turn into absolute idiots.