As an old gent once said to me and baz on the desolate empty pennie moors when we stopped for a wazz at the top of a climb
Eh lads your only alone in the countryside till you get your cock out
out and about any old tree is fair game but i can just never get used to people pissing into other people's hedges on residential streets in Brussels. There are still a few open air urinals around which is great for the guys if you know here they are of course
As someone who spends around 4 hours a day on the roads it's pretty tricky to find public toilets. Having to then rely on finding a supermarket in an area you don't know, whilst driving, is also tricky. I tent to keep an empty bottle in the back of my van and for real emergencies a large plastic bag. There has been numerous times when Ive driven to a supermarket and even a services (small ones on A Roads) to find the toilets closed or none at all).
On my first ever sportive I reached a point where I needed to find a convenient hedge to nip behind. Saw a field entrance in the distance that looked ideal, only to find the gate being guarded by a fierce looking woman overseeing half a dozen bikes, and a row of pink bike helmets further up behind the hedge. Thought women went in pairs?
Also remember another event where a bunch of club riders decided to chaingang along a quiet country lane barging less experienced riders into the verge. Couple of miles further on they were all lined up pissing in the gutter. On a slope. Presumably there was a strict group hierarchy as the guy at the end of the line had it flowing under his shoes....
Eh lads your only alone in the countryside till you get your cock out
This is very true. Quiet country lane, not been any cars for ages.
Stop to use a hedgerow and the road will be like Piccadilly Circus.
Back on the bike, not a car to be seen for miles.
Every time.
We live in a single track ish rural lane with verges. I came home late one night to be met by a white elephant squat not on the verge but in The middle of the road. Poor woman made me chuckle but had to wait for her to finish to get past.
Going for a piss on the road bike whilst riding is a weird sort of skill. You generally need a teammate to push you and it’s so hard to get started! I’ve done it a few times in races but thankfully UK road races are rarely longer than 3-4hrs so a good piss at the start is sufficient.
Why stop? Just whip it out and dangle it out the window as you drive?
Because since the laws came in requiring you to wear a seat belt, not everyone is able to anymore.
For those of us who can of course…
Eh lads your only alone in the countryside till you get your cock out
Ha, ha, thats great! 🤣
Yes lack of public loos is a huge problem, many closed during council cut backs.
I've had a wee in many a country layby with both car doors open and not been caught out. But for a woman on a ride it's really tricky finding somewhere with privacy. We should all be drinking more while riding which has consequences.
On an mtb ride out on the moors I've gone behind a blade of grass before now. However I haven't noticed an increase around here of people relieving themselves in public places.
Couple of anecdotes
Years ago, riding on Pitch Hill, I discovered a lady having a wee just to the side of the singletrack I was on. Sadly she hadn't realised she'd squatted herself right in the middle of a pudding-bag 270° loop. Attempting to shuffle round as I orbited, she toppled over, whilst still in full flow...
I spent 6 months during lockdown doing pathworks. It was all very guerilla, essentially working out the cars. No.1 stops were in any available bushes. No.2 was basically don't. Until the day I saw the digger driver squatting in the bucket of the dump(!) truck with a beatific smile on his face. I have a feeling there's a bit of suburban path in Mansfield that's slightly softer than the rest.
ElShalimo
If you live in Belgium this is quite normal
I recall being in stationary traffic on a motorway in Belgium and the driver from the truck behind getting out and choosing to piss on the rear bumper of my (rental) car ... usual possibly....normal?
Providing a public service at time of drought?
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/managing-land-wildlife/managing-road-verges-wildlife
I thought the done thing nowadays was to piss in a Lucazade bottle then wang it out of the window
I did, and he failed me for it!! 🙁
Until the day I saw the digger driver squatting in the bucket of the dump(!) truck with a beatific smile on his face. I have a feeling there’s a bit of suburban path in Mansfield
Tell me you're in Mansfield without saying you are in Mansfield....
I was in the car park of the posh home store, Baileys near Ross on Wye, and a lady, presumably couldn’t be bothered to go to the toilets inside, and presumably hadn’t seen me sitting in the van, crouched at the back of her Mini and wazzed aplenty.
I mean, Baileys FFS!
Thanks for this, I work there 🤣
Is anybody else quietly singing the title of this thread to an Otis Reading tune?
Is anybody else quietly singing the title of this thread to an Otis Reading tune?
I am now....
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