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| One of today's sights: a crop of Rape Seed growing near Soulbury |
Following on from the blog post earlier today about cyclists and runners not always being very friendly, I decided to make a mental note of the reactions I had. While I encountered just a handful of fellow cyclists today, I am proud to report that everyone was very friendly and there are a couple of noteworthy folk to tell you about.
The first was in the National Trust Ashridge Estate, always a nice place to cycle. I passed a lady riding gently along on a 3 speed bike. Both the bike and it's rider seemed to be getting on a bit but extremely friendly. As I passed I said my usual "Morning" in a cheery voice. I was rather outdone with a "Good morning" that was so tuneful it was as if she was singing it to me. It certainly made me smile.
The second cheery cyclist was a man called Mike, who I encountered at Soulbury. At first I overtook him and said hello, or something like that as I went passed him. He was friendly enough in his reply and again I smiled to myself. Just a little further along the road he caught me up and we started chatting. We exchanged a brief outline of where we'd been, how much we like riding and so on. He was so pleasant and easy going I remarked on how he'd restored my faith in other cyclists. Obviously he was a little puzzled with this and so I explained my previous blog gripe and he could identify with that and added he always would greet another cyclist - I believe him. So, Mike, thank you for restoring my faith in other cyclists and thank you for those all-too-short few miles we rode along with each other.
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| Lunch break near Wendover Woods |
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