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Lead, Follow, or Move?
By Adam Bell | March 8, 2007
In my previous post I hinted at a couple of unexpected events that disrupted my schedule for posting yesterday. Well in fact it was really only one event.
The title of this blog you of course know. It’s a twist on a saying I believe the UK SAS use: “Lead, Follow or get out of the way”. It’s also kind of my one line manifesto inspired by Hugh’s change the world, 500 words at a time approach.
In relation to this post though, it’s also the approach I take to riding my bike. And herein lies the connection. On my way into work yesterday I had the misfortune to be displaced off said bike after exiting the M4 into Reading. Luckily for me, I have good reflexes and even better safety equipment. Though unlucky for me I put myself in a position where I had reduced visibility and the stereotypical “man-in-a-van” infront of me. The guy didn’t let the stereotype down, and I unsuccessfully tried to David Copperfield my way through his back door.
I haven’t seen the state of the bike yet, but I’m pleased to tell you that I have no broken bones, just some hurt pride, and a sore back. I would like to shout out my thanks to the Berkshire Ambulance crew who scraped me off the floor, and the two really nice cars behind me who pulled up, made sure I was still breathing, and then parked their cars between me and the oncoming traffic so no one else could run me over!
The staff at A&E in Reading we’re really great. You hear lots of dubious reports about UK health services, but from what I saw the A&E department was really well run. Admittedly I was only there for two hours, and they we’re pretty prompt at examining me. No queue there! I guess that’s the advantage of rocking up on board with everything taped down ;) Excellent people, and really nice to go with it :) Thanks!
And no, this hasn’t put me off riding. I will still get back on the road, two wheel style, as soon as I can sort out what’s going on with the bike.
Until I can get a visual on the bike, I thought I’d post up a couple of pictures of my armour for the more curious of you to see how it handled my “sudden stop”.
We’ll hopefully get back to some more interesting posts on Monday.
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Topics: Administrativia | 2 Comments »
March 9th, 2007 at 03:58
As a fellow rider over here in the States, glad to hear you are ok. Also glad to hear you had good armor on.
Keep up the good work. I’ve enjoyed your posts on PowerShell and look forward to hearing your thoughts on other technologies. I find it interesting that you want to write about Linux and MS. I love the combo as they are both interests to me as well.
Heal fast and ride well.
March 9th, 2007 at 08:58
Nice mate, from the scratch marks, looks like you did at least some tarmac surfing!! Glad your ok though!!
Good blaming of said stereotypical “man-in-a-van” infront!! :P