Ive been between houses so my bike has been in storage at a friends for a few weeks. Went to pick it up today and ride it to my new pad. I was wearing my normal clothes so when riding along the side of a river i was going slow to save getting splattered as it was really muddy.
As im going along the largest Bull Mastiff i have ever seen jumps out from side of the trail! I step on it and he just misses me as i blast past, only the little s**t started chasing me! Not wanting to have my face chewed off i give it the beans over some seriously slippy mud and several times i thought i was going to lose it into either the river or worse, into the walking jaw behind me.
Luckily the little git wore itself after about 200 yards which was just as well as i was getting to a bit where i knew i'd have to get off and lift the bike.
So i can see the slightly comic side of it now i have washed all the flipping clothes i was wearing. And hey after 6 weeks out it was a great way to see if i have lost any pace 🙂
On a serious note though - put the fricking chewing machine on a lead!!!!!