As ye blitz, so shall ye be blitzed

[sawyl]

Taking advantage of the good weather to put in some bike time, I've noticed:

• the potholes are at least as bad as last year, if not worse
• people on the shared bike path by the canal:
  • seem to take things at a rather slow pace, which wouldn't be a problem except that they...
  • walk or cycle two or three abreast, blocking the path and making it impossible to overtake
  • aren't very good at judging velocity and tend think they have more time to get out of the way of approaching bikes than they actually do
  • tend to be a bit casual about cycling on the left
  • aren't terribly good about paying attention on the blind bends
  • seem to own dogs with death wishes
• that the hills are much steeper than last year
• I really need to eat more if I'm going to keep up this sort of level of activity

I was also extremely impressed by the guy who passed me on the Riverside Valley cycle path: I was churning along at respectable 25 and he fairly flashed past me, much as I usually zip past the weekend cyclists. It's nice to know I've got something to aim for!