Roadside Finds, strictly when cycling.

[snorri]

Yesterday I found a Stanley knife and today while enjoying a lunch break in the blazing I spotted a fallen poster for an event which had taken place in September. My first thought was just to take the laminated poster to the nearest litter bin, but then thought I might as well take home the steel rods which had supported the poster. It was a bit of a struggle securing them on the rear luggage rack. Goodness knows what I'll use them for, but if kept long enough, I'm sure they will prove useful.

 

[Mo1959]

A brand new saw. Bit of a squeeze and risked decapitating myself but managed to stuff it down the back of my jacket and cycle home with it. Lol

 

[classic33]

A brand new saw. Bit of a squeeze and risked decapitating myself but managed to stuff it down the back of my jacket and cycle home with it. Lol

Going equipped then?

 

[EltonFrog]

A thousand years ago whilst doing my paper round on my bike I saw something reflecting the sun in the long grass in a ditch. On investigation it was a large Old Hoborne tobacco tin, when I picked it up it rattled, inside was £3.65, a packet of ten cigarettes and a rather nice lighter. I threw the fags away, pocketed the cash and kept the lighter, I still have it 40 years later.

I wonder what it was doing there.

Back in the seventies I was always finding gentleman's special interest magazines.

 

[annedonnelly]

A pair of kids wellies yesterday. Seemed a shame to leave them so I brought them home, gave them a quick wash and they'll go to the charity shop next time I'm passing.

 

[classic33]

12 years ago, about 200 yards from work, a bank tied bundle of notes.
£1 notes.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

In the last few months...

Locks. Abus Chain Locks. Forever falling off folks bikes in cph.

A small artist's portfolio case. Very grateful very pretty mid 40's artist kissed me when I reunited her with it. I blushed deeply.

A briefcase. Belonging to someone who worked in the same office block as me but for a different company. He reacted like I'd stolen it from him.

 

[simon.r]

I'm almost ashamed to admit to owning and wearing 3 items of 'roadkill' clothing. A t-shirt which I wear in bed, a rather nice M and S scarf and a Berghaus woolly hat. And my only snap-on tool, a stubby screwdriver.

 

[classic33]

How long ago?

Irony wasn't lost on me either.

 

[TVC]

I normally only ever found money, I assume from peds fishing items out of their pockets. I found a wallet once, stopped to retrieve it, but it was completely empty, discarded by a pick pocket I should think.

 

[steveindenmark]

A yellow racing bike not long after I arrived in Denmark.

It must be about 1970s and was propped up against a hedge in the middle of nowhere for about 4 months. It was in a sad state, unlocked and flats on both tyres. It had probably stood there since the 70s.

I rescued it and fettled it.

13 years later it is still in use and being ridden by Jannies sister in law.

 

[Bianchi boy]

Screwdrivers, sockets (from socket sets) pliers, Sunday morning rides - cans of beer single shoes, money etc etc I'll have to do a carboot

 

[stoatsngroats]

A driving licence, returned to it's owner, and yesterday a Blazing Saddles cycle jersey, hung on a brick gate post - I considered cycling back to get it, but decided not to, as the rightful owner may return there....

 

[Hacienda71]

A wallet, a tenner, a smurf toy, various tools, a smart rear light, a catseye rear light and various other odds and sods.

Sounds like I am listing the prizes on the gadget show, lol.

 

[Bodhbh]

Only one thing - a high-vis tabard hanging in the hedge emblazoned with the initials WLDC..."West Lindsey District Council". I kept it and use it on the bike when I fancy a bit of binman chic.

Very regularly see pheasant roadkill - yet to have the nerve to bungie one to the rack and cycle home with it.

/edit - completely forgot - also one to find a wallet in the middle of the road, complete with 20 quid notes blowing out. Identified the owner and posted it thru his letter box. Which begs the question how the hell does a wallet end up in the middle of the road?!