@nickzoic asks:
Q3. Have you ever *needed* rescuing while cycling? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/cyclist-rescued-from-snowy-river-police-air-wing/106537314 (wasn't me)
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@nickzoic asks:
Q3. Have you ever *needed* rescuing while cycling? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/cyclist-rescued-from-snowy-river-police-air-wing/106537314 (wasn't me)
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @nickzoic @bikenite
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes
I once fell asleep due to not eating/drinking enough on a roundabout in Milton Keynes! Police were good about it and insisted on coming with me to nearest supermarket.
My Dad (via cellphone) once had to map-read me home on a convoluted route when the River Riding burst its banks and I thought I was stuck. He knew the area backwards and was able to route me out on higher land
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite #bikenite I seriously underestimated a ride recently, thankfully a passing traveler filled up my water bottles[*] but I spent many kilometers wishing for a banana or a peanut butter sandwich ... and when I got to the coast road there was a shop selling banana and peanut butter smoothies[**], which I decided was a good omen and that smoothie rescued me :-)
[*] there was tank water I could have filtered, but it was pretty nasty looking and piss-warm from the sun ... thanks Jan from somewhere near Hamburg for the fresh clean water ...
[**] Anglesea General Store, pretty decent coffee too, just as well because it's a fair climb back towards Torquay ...
@nickzoic Anglesea and Torquay in proximity messing with my British geography. :)
@etp @nickzoic @ascentale @bikenite
Not often distances in Australia are less than in Britain.
Torquay and Anglesea, Victoria seem to be about 21km apart.
Torquay (England ) and Anglesey (Wales) are more like 600km.
Wonder when the spelling changed