Perhaps I shouldn't go out in strong winds...

[Rezillo]

Nearly had a headache this afternoon.

Video here

Gusting winds and deathwatch beetle do not mix. After that, I spent a lot of time on the ride looking up.

John

 

[Seigi]

I was out cycling today and a branch landed just in front of me, scared the life out of me, as like you I spent any of the ride where there were trees looking up, and speeding up to get out of the trees.

 

[fossyant]

That's no twig - blimey !

 

[biggs682]

that would have hurt

 

[Rezillo]

It must have been a bigger shock for the car driver.

She had been following me round a bend at about 20 metres or so distance just beforehand. The branch/tree fell into the gap between us, i.e. right in front of her!

Some of the timber to the right of the picture was about 15 inch diameter - it was difficult to move and would have been impossible if it hadn't been honeycombed with rot and insect holes. It would have easily crushed the roof of her car. A bigger danger to me, of course, but at least I didn't see it fall.

John

 

[Moodyman]

Nah...you'd have been alright - you had your helmet on.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Practice those bunnyhops.

 

[XmisterIS]

The day when it was very windy down here, I was riding home and went past a house near me that used to have two mature evergreen trees in the garden. On that particular day it still had two mature evergreen trees in the garden, only one of them was horizontal! Luckily it had fallen parallel with the road or else there would have been [a] squashed cars or a squashed house! As lucky an escape as the OP's vid I think!

 

[MacB]

Nice to see you stop and shift it though

 

[Rezillo]

Nice to see you stop and shift it though

Thanks - I'm sending the council any rupture treatment bills for these bits.

John

 

[Timmo]

I went out yesterday in the woods and decided to head home when I started getting attacked by leaves and twigs.