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@El_Diablo
As the nice boat man who used to be near the Coy Carp in Harefield had next to the canal- for duck's sake slow down!
There's tame Heron there and its all gangly and needs TLC as it wouldn't come off best if hit by a bike.
Now I do have a bell on both my MTB's for going round bridges etc, anywhere you can't see its a bell job AND slow down in readiness too. Yes I hurtle along the track at high speed and its wonderful, but anyone or thing and the speed is brought right down, and if its peeps I speak to them to ask if I can squeeze by them, ringing a bell says "oi! buzz off outa my way!" in my view.
I have been ridden at by a horde of riders going down to Uxbridge totally oblivious to me in their path- shall we say I was cross? Then there was the time I joined the towpath and was just so lucky as this guy came down the path by the lock ie downhill at massive speed, and if there'd been a coming together it would, and could only be bad.
In my view its fantastic riding providing you respect others, and they respect you, if in doubt slow down.
At Fran's caf, just up from the Swan and Bottle in Uxbridge, I'm told by Fran that a cyclist knocked a barge person into the filling lock by accident, the barge person drowned......