Just done the winter route home.

[asterix]

What you need is a set up like in dem choppers on Apocalypse Now. As you enter the park you switch 'em on to play Ride of the Valkyries, nice and loud.

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is.. a figure who decides which soldiers die in battle and which live.

I doubt if valkyries had any bother from lurkers.

 

[byegad]

I am not allowed out after dark

So the court order is still in force? I thought it had lapsed.

 

[Puddles]

So the court order is still in force? I thought it had lapsed.

Nope it is more of a long term thing to ensure the safety of others as I do not yet have illuminated "L" plates on the chariot!

 

[Sara_H]

If you attach a trailer I can lend you User76 & her harmonica as an alternative to singing!

Maybe I should get a Rottweiler to run along side me?

 

[Sara_H]

[QUOTE 2663806, member: 1314"]I can sell you my dober. Guard your bike as well.

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How do you ride without getting the chain tangled up?

 

[Sara_H]

Ah, Sara, I keep using the dark park (well, some bits are lit 24/7 so not completely dark) all year round.
I figure that not even the most determined lurker can stand the Scottish winter weather long enough for me to appear at random.

My park isn't lit at all, and I fear there is funny business going on in there during the evening - more youths up to skullduggery than dedicated cyclist murderers, but them youths can be a bit bothersome when they decide to make a target of someone, can't they?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

My park isn't lit at all, and I fear there is funny business going on in there during the evening - more youths up to skullduggery than dedicated cyclist murderers, but them youths can be a bit bothersome when they decide to make a target of someone, can't they?

How do the youths see if there's no lights??
Only kidding, if you don't feel safe, avoid!

 

[classic33]

How do the youths see if there's no lights??
Only kidding, if you don't feel safe, avoid!

You're eyes get used to the lower light level.
OR they could be that used to doing "it" they really are doing it with their eyes shut!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

You're eyes get used to the lower light level.
OR they could be that used to doing "it" they really are doing it with their eyes shut!

Anyone doing a closed eyes "it" in a park has no interest in attacking passing cyclists!

 

[MrJamie]

My commute goes through an unlit park and down the river and working twilight shifts I sometimes feel a bit crazy riding through the darkness at 5:30am or 10:30pm, but I see some interesting wildlife sometimes

I think I'll test out the road route next week so I at least have an alternative.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

My winter route's different simply because the side roads and back routes don't get gritted.
It's slightly longer and a smidgen hillier, and all on main traffic routes but only bothered about the latter, especially in the snow.

 

[classic33]

Anyone doing a closed eyes "it" in a park has no interest in attacking passing cyclists!

It could be that their eyes have adjusted to the natural light level then. Its amazing what you can see when there are no lights.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It could be that their eyes have adjusted to the natural light level then. Its amazing what you can see when there are no lights.

Yeah, so @Mad Doug Biker keeps telling me