Two funny things and two good thing happened today, despite the obvious downer of wrecking my bike (see previous post). Firstly, when I told the taxi driver who brought me home (think heavily overdosed on kebabs with a broad Glaswegian brogue) about my wee accident and my intention to climb into a hot tub when I got home he replied, “In my spare time I’m a qualified sports therapist, and you don’t want to do that. You should get into an ice bath instead.” Nuff said.
When I got home I thought I’d check my email, and top of the list was an email from 10 Downing Street concerning the 3 feet 2 pass e-petition that I’d signed a few months back. Needless to say, the petition was rejected. I thought the irony was quite funny at the time.
And the good things? Since tweeting about my accident, three cyclists have offered to lend me a bike via Twitter. I’m going to take up @jobysp‘s offer of his Specialized with sincere gratitude. I came across Joby a few days ago when I chanced upon a Daily Mail article about his campaign to raise awareness about bad driving against cyclists. Turns out he’s quite local to me (Hyde) and his blog is definitely worth a look.
The second good thing is that when tweeting about the accident I suggested cheekily to @brainPOP_UK that they might like to make a cycle safety video for their brilliant resource bank of videos for schools. They thought it was an excellent idea and have asked for some input from me. If you are involved in education and you haven’t come across BrainPOP, their site is well worth a good look at. There is plenty of free content and free trials as well as the subscription stuff. So maybe I’ll be embedding a road safety video on here at some point in the not too distant future.
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