Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

We don’t have lockdown in Surrey

In the space of a mile-and-a-half drive from field to home I had passed 79 cyclists

Credit: BartekSzewczyk 
issue 25 April 2020

The man was unloading cycles from the boot of his car just as I was about to take the turning for my house. It was the last straw. In the space of a mile and a half drive from field to home, I had passed 79 cyclists.

I photographed each swarm as it approached me, pulling over to use the camera on my phone, before anyone accuses me of dangerous driving.

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