I’d never night ride on my own.
I was lucky/unlucky enough to be leading the utterly fantastic Delamere Monday night ride 7 years ago on a lovely cold November evening, when at around 9pm, I came off on something totally insignificant at about 3mph.
Result, one smashed humerus (upper arm), and the worst pain I’ve ever experienced. Fortunately the 8 people that were with me got me to the road and an ambulance. I, quite literally, couldn’t have moved if they hadn’t have been there, and would have been lying in a deserted forest in minus degree temperatures.
But hey, if you’re man enough, go do it. I know I never will.
Risk assessment takes on a different perspective when somethings actually happened to you.
Dave