We sometimes see kids hanging out near disused railway lines, we say hi as we pass, sometimes we ask for directions and just get help. Just as above. Loaded with panniers though, we left the railway line here and cycled through the leafy outskirts of Hyde when a rich kid crashes a tin of Coke across the road towards us on a quiet Saturday afternoon. Kids graffiti the motorway flyovers and railway bridges but why would anyone throw a mid afternoon can at cyclists. The appropriate acknowledgement was made but in happy valley it was stupid and unexpected. He would not be so brave alone.

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