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London Rumble: Reporter's Wild Ride with Travellers
9 Dec
Summary
- Reporter experienced a chaotic 16-mile journey on a traveller's cart.
- The ride involved racing horses, ignoring traffic laws, and near-accidents.
- The journey concluded with a dramatic jump from the cart in London.
A reporter reluctantly joined a traveller ride through central London, a traditional community event. Initially intending to cover the event, she was persuaded to ride along on a wooden cart. The 16-mile journey quickly devolved into chaos, with horses disregarding traffic laws and carts racing each other towards Buckingham Palace.
The ride continued through busy streets, involving close calls with buses and pedestrians scrambling to avoid the speeding carts. The reporter found herself responsible for a horse in Soho when the group decided to visit a pub. The situation escalated with a drunk driver at the helm, leading to a perilous race towards Blackfriars Road.
The dangerous journey saw a passenger push the driver, causing the horse and cart to veer into oncoming traffic. In a dramatic turn of events, the reporter jumped from the moving cart to safety. While the journey didn't reach its intended destination, it provided a thrilling, albeit terrifying, firsthand account of the event.
