G2EWS
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Devizes, Wiltshire
As I could not ride to the office today, I went out this evening and rode a mixture of off and on road, total 12.8 miles. The most I have done!
Choose my route very carefully and downloaded it to the Garmin Edge 800. But for the life of me I could not see the route on the display. Ended up going up a steep hill then had to climb over two gates.
Farmer was waiting in his tractor and I just rode up and asked if I had come up the wrong path. The other was about 5 M to my left!
He ranted and raved, 'we are fed up with your lot'. So I apologised and explained that I had made a mistake. He carried on!
So I said, 'have you never made a mistake', he carried on and I said it again. He then explained that a byway is not allowed to have a locked gate. So I replied, 'I studied law for 7 years, but it is some time since I read that bit, so no I didn't realise'. Again I apologised!
He carried on! So in the end I just asked again, 'have you never made a mistake'.
'Well obviously not as bad as yours'!
So I told him that he was a mean person and didn't even have the decency to accept that I had apologised and admitted my mistake. Perhaps you should be saying, alright, but be more careful next time.
At that point he told me to pxxs off and I repeated he was a mean man and rode away!
Apart from that it was a great ride and I really enjoyed it!
Regards
Chris
Choose my route very carefully and downloaded it to the Garmin Edge 800. But for the life of me I could not see the route on the display. Ended up going up a steep hill then had to climb over two gates.
Farmer was waiting in his tractor and I just rode up and asked if I had come up the wrong path. The other was about 5 M to my left!
He ranted and raved, 'we are fed up with your lot'. So I apologised and explained that I had made a mistake. He carried on!
So I said, 'have you never made a mistake', he carried on and I said it again. He then explained that a byway is not allowed to have a locked gate. So I replied, 'I studied law for 7 years, but it is some time since I read that bit, so no I didn't realise'. Again I apologised!
He carried on! So in the end I just asked again, 'have you never made a mistake'.
'Well obviously not as bad as yours'!
So I told him that he was a mean person and didn't even have the decency to accept that I had apologised and admitted my mistake. Perhaps you should be saying, alright, but be more careful next time.
At that point he told me to pxxs off and I repeated he was a mean man and rode away!
Apart from that it was a great ride and I really enjoyed it!
Regards
Chris