Well, I guess it was bound to happen considering the amount of traffic on the streets of London, but it could have been worse than it was. It’s not every day you find yourself in an ambulance after getting hit by a car and knocked off your bike, but this is where I found myself about a week and a half ago.
The Details: he came out of a side street and straight into me. The first I knew of him was when he hit me - flush on the side, jamming my leg against the bike and subsequently damaging my knee quite badly. This sent me into the gutter, across the footpath and into a wall on the other side.
The driver did stop, being a cyclist himself. He called the ambulance and while that was enroute, both a police car and van arrived with their notepads and 1001 questions.
A brief stay in hospital and I’m now out and about learning how to walk properly again while the ligaments in my knee (and all the grazes and bruises) slowly heal up...
So, as you can imagine, things have been a bit preoccupied of late, although I have managed to get out and about for the past few weeks.
One such trip was a night out with Marty n Colin to see That Petrol Emotion. Nope, like you, I’d never heard of this band either. They’re from Northern Ireland and were pretty good too. We were in the venue’s bar afterwards when we noticed that the
band were amongst those in the bar. After a brief chat with Marty, the challenge was for Marty to introduce me as having travelled all the way from Australia for this gig. The band had re-formed after 15 years, so it wasn’t hard to say that I wasn’t going to miss them this time around. Naturally they were pretty happy about the idea. That’s the lead singer in the pic with me n Marty.What else?...
Had a night out with Shar at the Comedy Store for a night of improv with several comedians. Think along the lines of a live version of “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” or the old favourite, Theatre Sports. I mention “Who’s Line” because one of the comedians was Josie Laurence who had actually spent some time on this very funny show. I’d also seen her at the Shakespeare’s Globe several years ago. A very funny night and one we’ll no doubt repeat.
There’s been a few more nights down the White Horse pub, and this is where we found ourselves last Friday night with Karyn n Marty, Rachel, Juliana and Stella.
We also spent a day at Camden Market now that they’ve opened up the area that was burnt down last year. All nicely rebuilt, but nothing that really stood out in the way of the stalls in this area...
Other than checking out the new Ice Age move in 3D last night, that’s been about it. I’d recommend the film too. Not so much for the actual storyline, but the 3D animation is incredible! You won’t be disappointed.
Oh, and one last thing. During our brief, but nice summer (yep, it’s now raining here again) we gained a sort of new housemate who likes to sun himself on our fence...
