12/07/2026
Folks, we had a near miss yesterday when Tom, coming out of our shop door, was just a split second away from being mown over by a cyclist on the pavement! Not a littleāun, a full size grown up, riding on the pavement at top speed! Firstly, cycling on a pavement is illegal in any case, ļæ¼secondly, not too many of us round these parts are nimble enough to leap back in time safely, and thirdly, if you hit us and knock us down, we wonāt bounce! And you probably wonāt be looking too pretty afterwards, either. Shop windows to one side, that huge kerb to the otherā¦
I am shameless enough to add to this post that we are, of course, glad to welcome in cyclists looking for a bicycle pump or a puncture repair kit. Or anything else we sell, for that matter! We just donāt want to eyeball you atop your bike as we come out for a Calor gas bottleā¦.
Please letās take care of each other out there.