Oh No
@Maz ; it is good to see you back but I wish it had been better circumstances.
I felt sorry for the first driver that hit me (I know I shouldn't let it come into it but she was like my mum). Initially I just went to her with the cost of the bike which she baulked at (an expensive £175 Viking) and decided to through her insurance so I topped it up slightly for the insurance company with the items
@boydj mentions. To be honest the insurance company would be rubbing their hands as it was quite a small payout which they would recoup from putting her insurance up £35
When I was hit the second time the driver was unrepentant despite it being an open and shut case with witnesses supporting me. It was a more expensive bike too. So I decided to go the Leigh Day route, it took a while but it was probably down in part to my lethargy. A year + after the event and they sent me to a physio and I told them I had bruising that made things slightly uncomfortable when pressed by the physio but stressed I had cycled 80 miles the next day on a borrowed bike. Whatever he actually put it was settled almost overnight