SMIDSY'd

Yesterday, after more than two years of cycling 2 miles each way to the tram for work each and every day, almost whatever the weather, I've been SMIDSY'd (that's Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You). I'm OK, a bit of an achey shoulder, and some bumps and scrapes on my hands, but apart from that I'm fine. I didn't hit my head on anything, so I didn't get any sense knocked out of (or in to) me.

Someone (I've got his name and other details) turned left in front of me without indicating, and I had no choice but to end up in a heap on the road! I can't remeber if I'd jammed on the brakes so hard that I went over my own front wheel, or whether I went over his bonnet, but the bike's not been bent, and it wasn't a hard crash, so there's no lasting damage to anything as far as I can work out. I have however had yesterday and today off work with the associated aches and pains.

Happy Christmas one and all, and have a great New Year.