Attacked and chased by hoodies!

Riding this morning through what I thought was a peaceful pastoral area I
encountered a couple of hoodies.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/lurking_hoodie.jpg

They stepped into my path, and one gripped my handlebars & shook them.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/mmm...handlebars.jpg

Then I felt the bike being pulled backwards as the other tried to get the
bag off the rack. So I promptly pedalled off, listening to them trotting
behind :-(((((((

Luckily their parents were nearby and called them off.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/adults.jpg


It's a jungle out there!



Mike

Mike Causer wrote:
Riding this morning through what I thought was a peaceful pastoral area I
encountered a couple of hoodies.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/lurking_hoodie.jpg

They stepped into my path, and one gripped my handlebars & shook them.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/mmm...handlebars.jpg

Then I felt the bike being pulled backwards as the other tried to get the
bag off the rack. So I promptly pedalled off, listening to them trotting
behind :-(((((((

Luckily their parents were nearby and called them off.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/adults.jpg


Not an urban myth. We're getting it straight from the horses mouth..

...d

Mike Causer wrote:

It's a jungle out there!


A fen, surely ?

Mike Causer wrote on 14/09/2006 21:21 +0100:
Riding this morning through what I thought was a peaceful pastoral area I
encountered a couple of hoodies.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/lurking_hoodie.jpg

They stepped into my path, and one gripped my handlebars & shook them.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/mmm...handlebars.jpg

Then I felt the bike being pulled backwards as the other tried to get the
bag off the rack. So I promptly pedalled off, listening to them trotting
behind :-(((((((

Luckily their parents were nearby and called them off.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/adults.jpg


It's a jungle out there!


When they asked for your wallet did you pony up?

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:21:36 +0100, Mike Causer wrote:

Riding this morning through what I thought was a peaceful pastoral area I
encountered a couple of hoodies.

I wonder if they have ever been ASBOed? :-)

Andreas

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:33:20 +0100, Adrian Godwin wrote:

Mike Causer wrote:

It's a jungle out there!


A fen, surely ?

Indeed. http://www.wicken.org.uk/wildlife_konig.htm


Mike

Mike Causer wrote:
Riding this morning through what I thought was a peaceful pastoral area I
encountered a couple of hoodies.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/lurking_hoodie.jpg

At this point I was expecting something more like
http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/hoodedcrow_tcm3-20979.jpg
and wondered if you had been on holiday...


Then I felt the bike being pulled

At this point I decided I was probably wrong in my expectations....

in message , Alan Braggins
') wrote:

Mike Causer wrote:
Riding this morning through what I thought was a peaceful pastoral area I
encountered a couple of hoodies.
http://www.mikecauser.com/images/lurking_hoodie.jpg

At this point I was expecting something more like
http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/hoodedcrow_tcm3-20979.jpg
and wondered if you had been on holiday...

Those were so common in my childhood, but now they must be practically an
endangered species. I haven't seen one in thirty years.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:48:14 +0100, Simon Brooke wrote:


At this point I was expecting something more like
http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/hoodedcrow_tcm3-20979.jpg and wondered if
you had been on holiday...

Those were so common in my childhood, but now they must be practically an
endangered species. I haven't seen one in thirty years.

North-West Scotland & Ireland only, according to the distribution map at
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/h...crow/index.asp
(RSPB have done a good job on this website.)

I've seen them in Ireland and around Oban, and they're plentiful enough
there.


Mike "Still looking for the Montys that are in the area...."

wrote:
Thus spake David Martin ) unto the assembled multitudes:


Not an urban myth. We're getting it straight from the horses mouth..

Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh!

Someone ought to hoof it over there and shoe 'em who's boss.