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I use cycle paths where I can, if they are good, take me in the direction I want to go, and are pleasurable.

The issue I find, is that whilst I always ride on the left side, because we drive on the left, hospitals have signs asking people to keep left, and during covid, many pavements had keep left signs. So in my mind it is common sense if we all kept to the left, then there would never be any issues.

So why do so many cyclists, dog walkers and joggers run either all over the path, or insist on keeping on the right side?

It’s the same when I am out walking, I always keep left but quite often come up against another walker or cyclist hell bent on keeping right. If I’m that way out I stick to my guns, and stay on the left, forcing them to move across, well I am a grumpy old man now!

Surely it’s not hard is it? If we all kept to the left, whether riding, walking or jogging, life on the paths would be so much easier.

And what about those who insist on walking 5 abreast, taking up the whole path and ignoring you when you approach, I ring my bell, they see me and many times nobody moves across, until the very last second. I have contemplated ringing my bell then mowing them down to teach them a lesson! Only joking, but it is infuriating.

And don’t get me started on people wandering all over shared paths with headphones stuck on their heads, completely oblivious to everything around them, coccooned in their own little world. Grr!

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[chrisonabike]

How grumpy? Have you felt the

How grumpy? Have you felt the urge to deploy:
Fruity language?
A Hard Stare?
Your highway-code overtake-compatible 1.5 meter plastic pipe spacer?
A pig on a retractable lead?
A Tesla?

[Dnnnnnn]

Sometimes my beer starts out

Sometimes my beer starts out 2°C too cold but ends up 2°C too warm by the time I’ve gotten to the bottom of it. I mean, that’s literally the worst thing ever.

[andystow]

I too have been very mildly

I too have been very mildly frustrated by people doing other than what I expect on a shared path. As an annoyance, it’s right up there with my beer being 2 °C too warm or cold, or having to wait ten seconds to enter the pub as a party of five is coming out the door.

[Dnnnnnn]

I agree –  you really are a

I agree –  you really are a grumpy old man!!

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