I wonder what makes these dudes tick sometimes...
Lovely crisp, still, fine and sunny morning this am

so I took the scenic route to work. Head back towards Te Kowhai from Ngaruawahia on SH39.
Get out of the town and come up behind an SUV doing about 90 clicks. So on the first straight I pull out to pootle past him. At which point he plants his foot - to try and thwart the passing manoeuvre I suppose - I can't imagine any other reason.
So I squeeze it a bit more but he keeps on at it...I get up beside him and look at him through his driver's window...he looks back. I gently lift the left hand and extend the usual digit - at which point I open it up and blast off into the distance.
Does he give up? Not fucking likely. Insists on trying to tailgate...
Now a sensible grampa man like me would normally just let him past and get on with his life, yes?
Not today. The demons were a little restless and got the better of sound judgement. There ensued a mildly exciting wind through the nicely curved sections of that road.
Mr SUV finally gave it away and things returned to normal, good, sensible riding at modest pace.
Made the morning, really...

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