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Oops. I fell guilty for having a hair of the dog before cycling round Gisburn 😳
I have done a lot of drunk riding miles over the years on a bicycle. It was forced on me by poverty, a lack of alternative public transport options, a need to keep my driving licence, and a need to keep socialising when my life was the pits. Mostly this passed off without any incident although I did once wake up in a field sleeping between the plough furrows with the bike still between my legs. I'd obviously veered off through an open gate, hit the furrows and keeled over. I'm very thankful to gortex clothing for that one....it was really quite a cosy experience when logic says it shouldn't have been. I awoke refreshed and finished the journey with no problem at all.
That was when I was in my late 30's and very fit. Now I'm 50...ish, I must admit I find it too much of an effort, and if I am going to do it I limit myself to about six pints. On that basis, for the past five years or so, I have never had any problems nor have I inconvenienced anybody else that I know of.
I mention this only to raise Ti29r's blood pressure. He'll probably have to have a drink after reading this one!
I was actually stopped by the police for riding hammered. They noticed something was wrong when I struggled unlocking my bike from outside the pub. The police were betting between themselves as to how far I would get before I fell off, upon crashing into a bush they stopped me, gave me a wee lecture and thanked me for the entertainment and told me to go steady on the way home.
I made it home in one piece and all was ok, I now do this most Friday nights and see said officers from time to time, they wave, I wave(carefully as difficult when smashed) and carry on home. Never have they bothered to stop me again, a case of comon sense I think
We regularly used to have the police follow us when we left the pub after our midweek night ride.
They used to wait just up the road and follow us to the county border. They'd just drive behind us making sure we all got at least halfway home without any greif.
Ti29er - do you work in H&S or are you just a gifted amateur dullard?