Bike theft and violence

lived in london - kilburn, edgware road, stepney green and bethnal green none of which could be called sheltered areas - all my life and this is still massively shocking.

This really.

I have lived in East, West and now South London - and not the most salubrious of parts either - and I find this story and that it is perhaps not so uncommon quite shocking.

Having said that, a couple of weeks ago, a group of yoofs (about 5 of them aged between 14-16) between Oval & Camberwell tried tried to stop the missus, who was in front of me at the time, saying "Stop and search". I pulled out from behind the missus, told her to carry on riding and told the one I thought looked like the ringleader to go forth and multiply in no uncertain terms. They fucked off and we went home.

This sort of stuff makes me look at encounters like that in a slightly different light.

Stay safe all.