I don’t know if you’re on LB but just in case. I want to say thankyou to the guys on green Ninja’s who stopped to help myself and my sister yesterday on the A228. She is ok, but her throat swelled up quite a lot, she was lucky to manage to stay on the bike, although she couldnt’ breath!
We managed to get home ok, but thanks for stopping to help xx
Mel
birds of a feather should stick together:D:D
I shouldn’t laugh…but what’s the chances? Poor girl
Did she swallow something or get stung???
Right, are you all sitting comfortably.
We were both riding down a bypass (A228), doing .ahem…70mph. All of a sudden my sister drops back really quickly, parks the bike, and as she got off she kinda fell onto the bank holding her throat. I ran over to check and she wasn’t breathing properly, it took a while and she was able to take some deep breaths, and sit up. Relief!!
A seagull had hit her in the windpipe, not the smallest of birds, but when she sat up, i swear, i tried not to laugh but her lid was stuffed full of feathers. they were everywhere, sticking out the visor, falling out of the bottom of her lid, all in her face! but when she stood up, it finished me off! She was covered in gull shiiiiiite, how do they have so much inside them??
It was also all over her bike, and the gull had also broken a bit off her bike. Like i said lucky girl, she stayed on it!
Mel:w00t:
and you didnt take a picture of it…shame on you 
hope she makes a full recovery lucky it wasnt worse
Bl00dy hell :w00t:. Glad to hear all ok… I’ve often wondered what happens with a ‘bird strike’ as I’ve had quite a few very near misses.
Here’s hoping I don’t suffer the real thing, but your mate did well to stay on and lucky you were there as well.
hope shes ok :w00t:
Skills for stayin on
GLAD TO HEAR ANNE IS OK MEL
GIVE HER MY BEST
Ooo, Glad she’s ok but yes … I would have wet myself laughing too ! :D:w00t:
Glad she’s ok. Dave was hit by a crow once last year, hit him square in the chest. He went back to kill it cos it was reeling around in agony and he hates to see them suffer.
Actually, it was a blackbird…
Sorry but…:P:D:P:D:P:D:P:D:P:D:P
Thats cos of the pic of her covered in feathers and bird crap !!
And glad shes ok to ride another day…couldnt been a lot worse 
Glad shes ok but damn thatd make you laugh during the aftermath!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, sorry anne x
YOUR POOR SISTER HOW CAN YOU PUT THAT UP?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA3Rt7gk
Hahahaha sorry:P
they are big buggers , this was at the TT in 2007
She was lucky - that’s a big heavy bird - could of ended up with a broken nose or something if you were tanking it.
Please dont say nasty things about Mel’s sister;)
