My fifteen minutes

[Bollo]

Thanks for all your kind comments.

From C5s perspective this item had a good bit of “crash, bang, wallop “ footage and a gadget angle; cycling was of tertiary importance (or lower).

There's certainly an element of this. C5 News is not exactly Panorama, but I went into this with my eyes open. I wasn't expecting anything Pulitzer winning. We also have to remember where this publicity started. We're just hoping to get a little bit of air time to plead our case on the back of a company's marketing strategy.

Must feel weird though, reliving that experience over and over again??

I don't know if this bit made it to the report, the footage helped me understand that I'd not contributed it in any way and that there was nothing I could have done to avoid it. Knowing that made getting back on the bike way easier, and it also helped me realise how lucky I was to get up from it at all.

On my first time back on a bike past that junction, an unsavoury-looking gentleman in an old shed of an Escort nearly reversed out into me. I could not believe what was happening, but you can bet I was covering the brakes! I confess I lost it big time (no footage, I was on my road bike where I can't easily mount the camera on the bars). I remember screaming an entire profanosaurus at the the guy. Not shouting, but screaming. It wasn't healthy. There's not been a repeat since; I've dealt with any odd incidents with, at most, a gesture hinting at my displeasure and that's the way I'd like to keep it.

 

[HJ]

Bollo don't put your self down, it was a good thing to get it in the news, I think your footage will have brought home to a few drivers that they action can have serious consequences and will make them think a wee bit more carefully in future.