PTW

Well,well,well!,there we was pootling along minding our own buisness, when they struck.Just negotiated the lights at the top of pile as is a Friday ride ,all was going well,when out of the sun they came at us, not offay with this sort of physical attack we were all thrown into a quandry,someone shouted "DUCK",but it was all in vain(anyway they were wrong, they weren't ducks,they was pigeons),coz they were hell bent on creating mayhem amongst the ordered ranks.A couple came at us swooping and diving at head height ,then came the big fella and took Phil Smiths front wheel, sending him swiftly to the ground,Jeff Griffiths also came a cropper, but as he said,"Phil broke my fall",the boy's picked themselves up and dusted each other off ,they were a bit shaken up,but fairplay they continued on the ride(as someone said,"it's a good job Phil didn't go home, it was his round for the teas". I was riding next to Phil when it happened and I coudn't believe the force with which the pigeon hit his wheel.Anyhoo, the boys seemed o.k on the way home, but what a thing!

lucky there was no serious injuries

Sounds like 'fowl' play to me.

I thought I was "winging" it with the title!

This story should be on the front page...

it's a real coup.

BTW how is the pigeon?

I agree, it's a real (pigeon) coup Or is that coo?

Local newspapers will publish this stuff, and it's good profile-raiser. Who's our press officer? Anyone got a usable picture?

Or maybe in this hyper-sensitive age it will just be more fodder for the "Cycling is dangerous and should be banned" campaign?