The Last Run
Some people complain about encroaching legislation. I admit that some legislation is a good thing.
But the trouble with legislation is that it’s in its nature to beget more legislation.
I recently read that England is the country with the most surveillance cameras per head of population. That worries me, that makes me glad that I no longer live there.
One night I was wondering what would happen if things went too far.
If, for example, it became illegal to ride motorbikes in groups of more than three or four. Well, this is the result.
The early morning mist rose slowly off the winter ground as the sun tried to warm the frozen road.
There were twelve of us here – all that remained of the original club.
This was going to be our last ride – there would be no more.
And so we sat silently astride our bikes, all waiting for a signal. A signal that would begin the end.
The Last Run is published in Different Roads (due to be published in February 2010). To find out more, take a look at… Different Roads
