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Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8627026.stm
"A London businessman stranded in France by the no-fly ban is back in the UK after having to buy a women's bicycle to allow him aboard a returning ferry.
Thom Noble, 52, from Highgate, said operator Norfolkline had no foot passenger tickets left and would only let him on as a cyclist.
He said staff at Dunkirk even made him ride the cycle, which he bought from a second-hand shop, up the ferry's ramp"
"A London businessman stranded in France by the no-fly ban is back in the UK after having to buy a women's bicycle to allow him aboard a returning ferry.
Thom Noble, 52, from Highgate, said operator Norfolkline had no foot passenger tickets left and would only let him on as a cyclist.
He said staff at Dunkirk even made him ride the cycle, which he bought from a second-hand shop, up the ferry's ramp"