Cycling for health 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Cycling for health and a longer life.
Cycling is usually seen as a healthy, peaceful outdoor activity that will keep at bay the ravages of modern life, improve stamina, vitality and so forth.
any motorists (and pedestrians) consider cyclists to be brain dead and a total menace on the roads give the total disregard for any other individual shown by many, especially within urban areas.(Please not I said many not all)
There are even thrill seekers who hurtle at deadly speed down the side of a mountain in the name of “sport” who consider themselves to be healthy outdoor activity types having a little harmless fun???
Consider then the individual who, cycling in an area a few hundred miles from his home, decides to go for a little jaunt on his (t)rusty steed.
A nice country lane perhaps?
No.
A quiet section of paved road to a local ‘hostelry’ perhaps?
No.
Our hero’s choice of route? A cliff path at Land’s End, Cornwall (UK).
Ok not overly risky you might think. In the summer in reasonable weather maybe. But in thick sea mist and fog Ohoh – Danger, Warning Will Robinson!!
Not it seems to our hero – you guessed it. Spotted by gravity, called by Mr Darwin himself 180 feet DOWN.
Exit one.
Whether any offspring had been produced yet by this prime candidate is (as yet) unknown. We can only hope.
Original Story pages from the BBC News website and URL’s are below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2696217.stm
Efforts are continuing to establish the identity of a cyclist who fell to his death off cliffs at Lands End.
The man's body was recovered from rocks 180 feet below the coast path on Sunday afternoon.
The police, a coastguard team and a navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose were scrambled at 1320 GMT when a body was spotted at the base of the cliff near the Land's End complex.
Weather and sea conditions were poor and a diver was lowered to help the cliff rescue team.
The dead man, who is thought to have been in his early twenties, was first flown to RNAS Culdrose and then on to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Truro where he was pronounced dead.
The police say a bronze Kona mountain bike was found on the cliff path and officers are treating his death an accident.
The man involved had short brown hair and was wearing red and brown shoes, a blue and white track suit and a black jacket and gloves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2702243.stm
A cyclist who fell to his death off cliffs at Land's End has been named by police.
David Denham's body was recovered from rocks 180 feet below the coast path on Sunday afternoon.
The 22-year-old, from Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire, had been staying in Cornwall.
His bronze Kona mountain bike was discovered on the edge of the cliff.
It is believed Mr Denham may have fallen to his death while cycling in thick fog along the cliffpath close to the Land's End complex.
Police say they are treating Mr Denham's death as an accident.
Submitted on 01/28/2003
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/eng
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