Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Come back, doggers, all is forgiven

They cause much less mayhem than the cyclists who have driven them away

The cyclists have chased away the sex people [Grafner] 
issue 19 December 2020

Bring back the men having sex in the undergrowth. This was the thought that occurred to me and my friend simultaneously in a magical joint epiphany as we rode out over the misty heathland the other day. Wistfully, we beheld the sandy tracks of Ockham and Wisley from atop our mounts as we suddenly realised what was missing.

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