Newnham Avenue, Eastcote, Ruislip, Middx

by andaly

11 Jul 2011

As you enter the street, which runs downhill, fairly steeply for this area of Ruislip, you will notice on your left two driveways, providing rear access to some garages
and beyond, highlighted by the yellow roadmarkings, Newnham School entrance. It was somewhere between the two that I went over the ‘high side’. Without warning, just before the school entrance, I felt a sharp jolt on the bike (I thought the chain had come off and snagged) enough to make my right foot slip off its pedal. As the bike lurched, I lost balance and with the bars twisting violently around and under me, it uncermoniously spat me off.
The road surface here has been bad for a long while, particularly so after the winter, but what I saw came as quite a shock. For the stretch where I had come off was pock-marked with the biggest potholes this side of … of …wherever there are lots of big potholes. (More at http://andydaly.wordpress.com//2011/07/05/going-over-the-high-side/