The Commonwealth Games is on in Scotland at the moment, as you may be aware. The skeet shooting (whatever in the hell that is) is taking place around Dundee and subsequently all the teams have inhabited a hotel in the centre of town.
It's a pain because the security have annexed part of the cycle route and closed roads to make sure the hotel remains 'secure'. There are police firearms chaps wandering around with G36s looking more than a little bored.
That said, i don't tend to ride on that path any more as i prefer the cut and thrust of city traffic. And no, that's not a joke. I enjoy the pace of of it on my ride in. However, at some point you have to cut back onto the cycle path to avoid being smooshed on a dual carriageway. Which i did.
Slipped back onto the path, I went to re-enter the main route between plastic barriers when i was suddenly winded and found myself tumbling over my handlebars.
Some of the idiot workmen (or perhaps the Commonwealth games security - who knows) had tied chest-high blue rope between the barriers all along where the path rejoins the main route.
Genius.
Result: Rope burns on arm, knee and groin and a finger bust open. A sore back, arm, wrists and one completely split banana in my bag.
Council have been prompty e-mailed to inform them that whilst i'm unlikely to press charges for carelessness there will be less lawyer-happy cyclist out there. Automated response says 5 days for the complaint to be reviewed.
Eugh.
It's a pain because the security have annexed part of the cycle route and closed roads to make sure the hotel remains 'secure'. There are police firearms chaps wandering around with G36s looking more than a little bored.
That said, i don't tend to ride on that path any more as i prefer the cut and thrust of city traffic. And no, that's not a joke. I enjoy the pace of of it on my ride in. However, at some point you have to cut back onto the cycle path to avoid being smooshed on a dual carriageway. Which i did.
Slipped back onto the path, I went to re-enter the main route between plastic barriers when i was suddenly winded and found myself tumbling over my handlebars.
Some of the idiot workmen (or perhaps the Commonwealth games security - who knows) had tied chest-high blue rope between the barriers all along where the path rejoins the main route.
Genius.
Result: Rope burns on arm, knee and groin and a finger bust open. A sore back, arm, wrists and one completely split banana in my bag.
Council have been prompty e-mailed to inform them that whilst i'm unlikely to press charges for carelessness there will be less lawyer-happy cyclist out there. Automated response says 5 days for the complaint to be reviewed.
Eugh.
