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I saw a deer in the city on Friday, what’s the most unexpected thing you’ve seen on your commute?

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  • May 8, 2012 at 10:27 am #15762
    Tony Farrelly

    Riding home from work on Friday I met a young roe deer walking along the road in front of me – this was about a mile from the centre of Bath on a relataively busy suburban street. I've seen plenty of deer before out riding my bike, but never in the city – it was a special sight to see and It made me wonder what's the strangest, most out of the ordinary thing you've seen riding to and from work?

    (the deer was okay btw, it legged it in to a large garden just as the people in the car behind me got their phones out to take pictures)

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  • May 2, 2014 at 8:05 am #678267
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    The _Kaner

    I once had a pheasant fly out
    I once had a pheasant fly out from the hedgerow and bounce off my helmet.
    …and also had a small bird (finch, I think) fly thru my front wheel as I cycled along a country lane…I guess having low spoke count helped…still don’t know how it didn’t get hit/caught…was doing >20kph at the time…(me not the bird…)

    June 2, 2012 at 6:20 pm #678265
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    viveLaPants

    I saw a llama, a labour MP
    I saw a llama, a labour MP and Bradley Wiggins – all last week – it was like a david lynch movie. :”(

    May 30, 2012 at 11:02 am #678263
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    samg123

    I used to cycle round chicken
    I used to cycle round chicken farms to lock them up at night and often found bats would perform flypasts and generally fly alongside me. They weren’t particularly careful though: I twice headbutted one, although I’m not sure the extent of the injuries I caused it…

    May 30, 2012 at 7:57 am #678261
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    SideBurn

    Found a frozen chicken in the
    Found a frozen chicken in the road once; prepped and packaged up on a country lane, 4am in the morning. But best was I had a large moth heading towards my helmet light; big enough that I thought it would hurt if it hit me in the face. Suddenly a bat came from nowhere and took it; result! Made my day!

    May 30, 2012 at 6:05 am #678259
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    the_mikey

    Wild boar, while riding
    Wild boar, while riding around the cotswolds early one sunday morning, it was in the road, but turned and moved into a wooded area next to the road before I reached it.

    May 28, 2012 at 8:03 pm #678257
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    notfastenough

    I saw my own soul leaving my
    I saw my own soul leaving my body during the last 10 miles yesterday…

    May 28, 2012 at 8:11 am #678255
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    Marauder

    Was riding through moorland
    Was riding through moorland and then woodland (via the road) on Saturday and nearly ran over what I think was a snake. It was about a foot long and brown. I would of went back and had a proper look but I was struggling to get up a 20% gradient at the time and just managed to swerve out the way before running over it.

    1st time I have seen a snake :B and think it might have been a Grass snake.

    May 26, 2012 at 4:46 pm #678253
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    londonplayer

    I was cycling back from the
    I was cycling back from the gym a few months ago when I saw a purpley piece of paper on the floor. I wouldn’t even usually have come on that particular route except for the fact I didn’t need to call at the supermarket on the way home.

    “Is that a 20 quid note I thought? Can’t be. Must be just a leaflet” – it was near old street where there is a lot of flyers on the floor.”

    at the risk of looking stupid, i got off the bike and picked it up. as i unfolded it, i realised it was an extremely scrumpled up new £20 note.

    well worth the stop and the risk of looking like an idiot. first time in 10 years i’ve ever found any money on the floor whilst cycling in London.

    May 24, 2012 at 1:28 pm #678251
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    robert_obrien

    Once again on the towpath in
    Once again on the towpath in Aldershot on Tuesday I witnessed a male swan attack a man and woman in a canoe 3 times as they passed his mate and 5 cygnets on the opposite bank. I’ve been bitten on the thigh by a dog but, if anything, this looked more frightening because of the persistence and other-wordliness of the attacker. I don’t think much damage was done. The swan basically flew at the man’s back (he was in the rear position) with much wing-flapping and squaking – 3 times. Still, I don’t expect man will get much of a response to his next ‘I’ve got an idea. It’s a nice day…why don’t we…’

    May 18, 2012 at 12:35 pm #678249
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    trikeman

    To add to the commute
    To add to the commute dramas.
    There I was tumping down the hill from the A370 Long Ashton by-pass (Bristol) when suddenly from out of the hedgerows comes a pidgeon at high speed and as straight as an arrow for me. Due to the proximity of this suicidal bird there was nowt I could do – as I hear the sound in my head, BRACE, BRACE, which I did.
    Thud was the horrible noise from the impact, lucky for me (not the bird) it hit me square on the stem/handlebar junction and just exploded. There was feathers everywhere and bodily bits and fluids abound – :& I was covered. I pulled in where a car stopped to see if I was OK (I think) as he was laughing like hell and said he had never seen anything like it, just a huge, feathery explosion in front of him when I was engulfed by bird.
    I was in hell of a state and looked a picture when I got to work – my colleagues thought I had been beaten up until the still stuck feathers in my helmet gave the game away. I did have some ‘strange’ looks from others whilst navigating my way through the city.

    There is something ‘eery’ though – I dread to this day what could have happened if it had been a few inches higher…. I go cold at this point.

    Regards

    Trikeman. đŸ˜‰

    May 11, 2012 at 8:39 am #678247
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    zzgavin

    no ones mentioned squirrels
    no ones mentioned squirrels yet, they’re probably my most common near miss, they seem to panic and run alongside my bike, had to bunny hop one recently. Not very odd I know, especially in London. Have had races with various small birds though, they top out at about 25 ish =)

    May 11, 2012 at 6:48 am #678245
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    Stumps

    Due to living and working in
    Due to living and working in a built up area i dont get to see much wildlife whilst commuting but we do get a boat load of Foxes running about the streets.

    Best i’ve seen, outside the nick was a tom cat with a large fox either side of it – the cat was not happy !!! it possibly got to close to the foxes den and pups đŸ˜•

    At work though seen a load of deer and a badger in the nearby park during the night.

    May 10, 2012 at 9:05 pm #678243
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    Alan Tullett

    Saw a dead badger recently,
    Saw a dead badger recently, which is a bit unusual.

    May 10, 2012 at 9:00 pm #678241
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    joemmo

    I saw a BMW driver using the
    I saw a BMW driver using the indicators once. :^o Badoom tish!

    Many years ago back in my London days I was riding back at night through a quiet road in Highgate and encountered the road completely covered in randy frogs en-route to the ponds of Hampstead presumably. I stopped and tried to shepherd and transport as many of the amphibians across as I could between passing Range Rovers but eventually had to give up and head home. Rode past the next day and it was not a pretty sight. :&

    Hopefully this has given me a small stock of karma because unfortunately I have had a grouse and a pigeon meet an untimely demise in my front wheel. And a vole.

    May 10, 2012 at 9:24 am #678239
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    robert_obrien

    This snake crossed my path on
    This snake crossed my path on the towpath near Aldershot last Friday.

    OK, it’s a slowworm but they can dislocate their jaws you know!

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