neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
Dave7 was it near Capenhurst - they have all sorts of weird birds in that small holding/kennel at end of Capenhurst Lane and Parkgate Rd (A540)
Have you come across anything more strange than this on your ride?
- Thread starter Dave7
- Start date
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No. Near me. A place called Croft.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Is it’s first name Chris?
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
2 geese and five chicks walking across the road on my ride today. Wasn't a quiet road either, luckily the cars stopped for them
andrew_s
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucester
Not somewhere down the Great Glen was it?
If so, it's got form
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/ne...mu-road-runner-a82-road-scotland-fort-william
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
That's a shame - if you'd been quicker you might have got a photo before he got off his bike.
Think he had a p*****e as he was pushing his bike before dumping it. Bl**dy Ostriches eh, dumping bikes willy nilly.That's a shame - if you'd been quicker you might have got a photo before he got off his bike.
Globalti
Legendary Member
Not on a ride but in the mid 70s while climbing at The Roaches in Staffordshire I was halfway up a route when I heard somebody shout: "Look! There's a kangaroo!" I looked down and sure enough there was a wallaby bouncing through the bushes and rocks, hotly pursued by a couple of photographers. Wallabies were not uncommon at one time after an escape from a private zoo but I seem to remember reading that they haven't survived.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Many years ago, driving home late at night, we hit a wallaby with our car. It was a glancing blow and we don't know if it survived but it was something of a surprise to see this thing hop out of the hedge. This was on the South Oxon/West Berks border.
In terms of things I have seen when riding, once I was out with a few colleagues in a wooded area near work and we stumbled across a porn shoot. No action going on at the time but it was clear what they were up to.
Jimidh
Veteran
- Location
- Midlothian
Seen some weird thing but I think you definitely win.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
Mrs B tells me there is a small holding with some near St Lewis'.
carlosfandangus
Über Member
Around about the same year in the same place, my Aunt exclaimed "look a baby kangaroo" we all thought she had gone daft as there was nothing to see, it was only years later that we learned that the Roaches had a small colony.
Here in the Isle of man we have quite a few on the west of the island (lots), they are quite common to be seen, they started as escapees many years ago from a wildlife park, many are blind due to a genetic issue that has been inbred
randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
You rarely see these in the afternoon and you don't see babies without mum or dad nearby. Outside my gates as I returned from a ride, it was an orphan and now lives as a pet on a farm a few minutes away. I picked it up and sure enough it squealed a lot.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I once came across a naked couple having a game of hide the sausage while on a ride. Now you come to mention it though, I don't recall there being an ostrich.
