Worried about the number of adverse comments about cyclists on this thread. I bike everywhere. I do it to help the environment and rarely use a car even though I own one. About a year ago I was cycling on a dual use pavement for pedestrians and bikes. A lady with a dog was in front of me. I rang my bell and all hell broke loose. She turned round, grabbed my handlebars and screamed in my face for making her jump. Threatened to set the dog on me - it was growling horribly. I have never used my bike bell since. Thoroughly shaken, the next few times I used the dual use path I bumped down into the road to go past pedestrians. Three separate lots of motorists wound down their windows to scream abuse at me for not using the cycle path and getting in their way.
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. But I'm with you 100% on the non-picker uppers and the throw over the hedge owners.