...right in front of where I, and an oncoming car, were traveling?! I think I may have mentioned the wildlife before so I guess it was only a matter of time before an incident occurred. Thankfully not serious, but certainly a fright nonetheless. I was riding home from work on the back road when I noticed up ahead a chicken making it's way out onto the road. I also noticed a car coming the other way so thought it was tempting fate somewhat. Sure enough, as the chicken made it's way to the middle of the road we both passed it and it became flustered and took to the air, as much as a chicken can, and flew straight into me, hitting me on the thigh and arm. Being a highly skilled rider (!), and recalling something my Dad told me even before I could drive, I didn't swerve but just kept on going. In my mirror I could see the chicken shake it's tail feathers, gather itself, and make it's way back to the side of the road from whence it came, none the worse for wear apparently. Thankfully the collision was just a glancing blow so I too was fine, if just a little shook up.
And if that wasn't bad enough, I was traveling on the back road again last night when a dog ran right out in front of the car and missed us by a matter of inches!
Moral of the story? Stay off the back road and stick to the main drag!
Nah we just have to have a point system for things that we hit! e.g. Chicken 10 points, dog 20 points...
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