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This nearly cost me a lot of money

August 29th, 2011 17 Comments

caused by total failure to notice large vertical section of the route in front of me. had I fallen to the right instead I don’t think I my laptop or phone would have survived.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563651616 Gerry Millar

Eek!
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

indeed – it was surprisingly deep at that point too. I think my entire left leg is underwater.
Dan Cox

Gosh. It’s all high drama.
Mark Smith

Who took the photo? Do you have your own papparazi following you about documenting your misadventures?
Lou Aspinall

Did the bloke with the dog help or just watch?!
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

Just watched! there was also a man (just off the left side of the photo) who filmed/photographed it too

it’s ok though – I was laughing when I hit the floor and the water is a good cushion
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

my mum took the photo! I’m glad she did, it came out so well!

(this happened on a little excursion from my trip to attend a family holiday)
Lou Aspinall

I fell into a big rock pool on holiday, in front of 3 life guards not one helped!! Landed in the water laughing and managing to curb the sware words I used as Matt was about, but it was damn funny once I’d got over the shock! Thankfully there was no photographic evidence as I had the camera and luckily it’s waterproof.

Hope you dried out quickly – l love it that Lynda took the shot. If it had been me I’d have got you to repeat it a few times to get the pic right :0)
Anonymous

there’s just nothing like a waterproof ortlieb pannier … left open for the inevitable dousing in some hundred year old ford … glad you posted the annotated version of this one nick.
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

it’s been a good value post (not many words, lots of comments)!

I should have annotated the guy with the dog too though… (“passive citizen” or something)
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

oh no! was it one of those rock pools with loads of icky things in it? I do find falling over very funny though (so long as whoever has fallen over isn’t hurt too badly).

haha – she did pretty good on with her one shot, right in the action. I did have to straighten it out in photoshop though as she had taken it a bit wonky.
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

oh and I know a hundred years is very old for US history, the ford is probably much older though – the surrounding cathedral/monastery date back to around 500 AD
Anonymous

careful inspection of the photograph suggests that while a water crossing might have been there for a long time, the one that tripped you up was not really that old. when i drive hannah back from school from time to time, we drive through a ford that was created in about 1695, so a little less history snark dear brother, and a bit more eyes on the road/subsea surface!
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

1695 and all you’ve got is a ford from then, pft!

I’m currently in an area of Edinburgh that was started in 1765 – called “new town”
Anonymous

i never really thought i’d get into my-history-is-bigger-than-your-history arguments with my brother.

ok nick, the documented human settlement record in the UK does indeed go back further than anything in north (or south) america.

but you still fell over in a 100 year river crossing. kisses.
Anonymous

Still?
http://ontheroad.nicksellen.co.uk Nick Sellen

the picture would suggest so

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