Get on your Bike
December 15, 2005Bikes seem to be gaining popularity amongst the senior set
An 84-year-old man, missing since he left home to ride his bike in the small central Polish town of Znin last week, has been found in good health wandering round London’s Heathrow Airport.
“According to the family, he just took his bike and left,” a Polish police spokesman said. Polish Police had been searching for the man, identified only as pensioner Ludwik, Z since 8 December.
The family, police and airport authorities have been unable to explain how he got to London. He speaks no English and has no friends or family in England,
[...] and the cops eventually caught up with the gallant pensioner. He didn’t get quite as far as Pensioner Ludwick Z whose journey is still a mystery, but my hat goes off to this determined scooter [...]