If anything should convince one to wear an helmet, perhaps this should?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37213884
Perhaps being kicked in the head by a deer is precisely the sort of accident that helmets are good for, after all being hit by a hoof sounds just like the 'hemispheric anvil' tests that helmets are tested against!
Deer oh deer...
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You might also wear a sou'wester. (That would protect you against the rain, dear.)
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Expensive mistake
Good job it didn't make contact with a suitcase that would've really unpacked him
Story alert:-
Some year ago on the tandem near Kirby Lonsdale riding along a lane with drystone walls either side.Two deer bounded over the wall from our left and only seemed to touch ground before bounding over the wall on our right,we were on a slight descent and were doing approx 20mph,they were about 5m in front of us but it seemed a lot closer,I'd no chance to do anything it happened so quick and they were gone.
A couple of miles further on we stopped and agreed it could've been disastrous
Good job it didn't make contact with a suitcase that would've really unpacked him
Story alert:-
Some year ago on the tandem near Kirby Lonsdale riding along a lane with drystone walls either side.Two deer bounded over the wall from our left and only seemed to touch ground before bounding over the wall on our right,we were on a slight descent and were doing approx 20mph,they were about 5m in front of us but it seemed a lot closer,I'd no chance to do anything it happened so quick and they were gone.
A couple of miles further on we stopped and agreed it could've been disastrous
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This topic reminded me of a forum classic from several years back . . . . .
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10272&hilit=camp+scottish&start=30
Lawrie9 wrote:I was camping in some forest in the Scottish Highlands not far from a loch and quite near a single track railway when I heard an almighty roar. I don't know if it was The Loch Ness Monster, a wild boar, a dear or what. It sounded very scary at the time. I have wondered if it was some recorded noise to keep animals off the railway.
james01 wrote:Lawrie9 wrote: I don't know if it was ....... a dear
Is this some kind of camp Scottish character?
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10272&hilit=camp+scottish&start=30
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Caption: "SMIDSY, I'd no eye deer you were there."
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My mate said he could get me 8 haunches of venison for 50 quid.
Is that too deer?
Is that too deer?
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Slick wrote:My mate said he could get me 8 haunches of venison for 50 quid.
Is that too deer?
More likely to have been four