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Here's a tale. Within a couple of miles of leaving the halfway point we found a lone cyclist sprawled in the road, face-down, his bike on top of him. No idea how long he'd been there. As we pulled up it was clear he wasn't moving. We all feared the worst, certain he was part of the Dynamo and suffered a very bad crash by himself, and we were the first on the scene. It was awful.
We didn't know whether to move him, for fear of further injury. He was blue. One of our group thought his leg was broken. I dialled 999 for maybe the second time in my life. At this point, matey-boy comes to life, lets out a few moans and gets up. Turns out he's the local drunk, and always tumbles at the same spot. He knows the precise bit of road that catches him out, but still he insists on riding to and from the pub. He was literally right outside his house. No serious injury/death. He was more than fine.
I hung up the phone and we rode on, spirits restored. Very glad to hear the Dulwich rider is fine too, didn't like seeing that at all.