Stonechat
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- Staines, Middlesex
What used to get me >20 years or more ago when I did more cycling was the rubbish from cars that hit me - cigs, rubbish, spittle ,windscreen liquid
No panniers but I suppose you have someone tocleanmuck out your trailer after being out in the wet?
Have you got me mistaken with _aD? I have no panniers, mud guards or trailer. Just me, a single speed commuter and a road bike.
Re the drinks bottles.
In other Euro countries there is a substantial deposit on plastic bottles which ensures the majority of buyers will take them back to the shop for a refund.
Bottles that have been dumped are cleared up by down and outs who "cash them in" no doubt to help fuel their habit whatever it may be, but it keeps the place tidy.
For every person who uses a city litter bin in Germany, another six rake through the bin for empties.
I can't vouch for the 1:6 ratio, but that's what it looked lke to me! .
Sounds like my youth. Boys would go round asking for people's empties and get the deposits
I didn't know Victor Meldrew had been reborn as a cyclistI recently came upon a couple of guys, one of whom had split his inner tube, Neither had a spare so I offered mine, He then slung the knackered tube into a tree where it remains to this day dangling well out of reach. When I saw what he had done I refused to hand over my spare and rode off. I hope he enjoyed his walk home.