Summer 2011, W Coast Sweden, Varberg towards Oslo

We rented bikes and I made a prat of myself by charging off down hill and forgetting all about the continental system of back pedalling to brake the back wheel. It was very crowded, I was trying to catch up, overtaking a load of people, some kids ahead, touch the front brakes, stopped pedalling and bang! The back wheel locked up, skidded, I ended up in the ditch at the side of the road with lots of concerned people gathered around telling me how lucky I was and handing me bits of the bike.