I should be familiar with the roads and the way people drive in England but that’s not so. I am much more familiar with the roads in Bangkok where the density of traffic is so high that motorists can’t do very much at all.
In England many people adhere to the ‘Highway Code’ but many do not which makes cycling in cities and towns harder than it should be. The great advantage of busy roads is that it makes it much easier to predict what the cars around you will do, which is usually nothing other than go in a straight line. But when the roads aren’t so busy and the mannerisms of the drivers are so variable, sometimes you just can’t guess what they will do.
They should give you 90 cms of width when overtaking but on most roads this is not possible. Some slow down, others speed up. To some you are a priority and to others you don’t even exist.
When you go out into the countryside its wonderful. That cold, fresh air. The scarcity of cars, the freedom to do what you like…that’s what makes it the best country in the world to cycle in, in my opinion.
In a few days’ time, I will be cycling close to where my bicycle was made…pictures to follow.
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