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I always used to ride home through Burgess park to Peckham, and sometimes late at night. On once occasion it was late, and dark, and I think to myself Ill ride the road way to be safe.
Im riding down the side of the park when from out of nowhere I get a fairly hefty blow to the top of my head. I cant see anyone around me, and didn’t hear anyone. Luckily Im earing my lid which deflects the piece of brick or rock which was thrown. Unfortunately it deflected off of my lid and directly onto my hand splitting my finger open.
I didn’t stop to see what was going on. I kept my head down and pedalled hard. Even though Id never heard about this happening I was pretty sure I didn’t want to go off in search of the people who'd done this.
My lid had a sizeable dent in it. If I wasn’t wearing a lid, the item thrown [from above] may well have knocked me out.
So in the 6 years of riding through Burgy Park, both morning and night, the only time I had any trouble was when I rode around it!