saw a cyclist lying in the middle of the road on his back on the other side of the road with a stopped queue of traffic behind him. beautiful morning, but it spooked me. road bike, club colours on, clearly an experienced cyclist, still had helmet on. being tended by several drivers clearly keen not to move him. kept peddling up to traffic lights.

another cyclist (club colours, nice roadbike) pulls up next to me, about 15 years my senior. gives a reassuringly cocky shrug when i point out that that's "not what we want to see" and asks where i'm cycling to. he nods reassuringly at the distance of my commute and leaves me for dust when the lights go green. i reflect that generally speaking, cycling is safe, i'm happy that the car drivers have food for thought and get on with the commute.