Mad Dogs and Englishman

You hear the barks first and then catch sight of them running across the field towards you, out of the corner of your eye. Four or maybe five so far and you begin to pedal fast but you cannot out run them over a short distance, you need to stay ahead long enough so you hope they will tire. The quickest soon comes level and is barking but the more aggressive ones behind have bared teeth and are snarling. They are bigger and stronger with staminer for a longer chase and they are gaining on you.

Still you pedal faster for this is for real. The dogs have to weave in and out of the drainage culverts but this does not delay them too much and they keep coming, snarling visciously. You could turn out into the road to use passing cars as a shield but you are just as likely to get hit as the dogs.

It's been said that it is their hunting instinct to chase any thing that moves fast. They see it as prey, like an antelope, but these dogs know there is a human on that bike. The bigger ones keep coming, how far back you cannot tell for turning to look could be disasterous. And then finally a wire fince separates off the next field and the dogs are unwilling to go further. You are safe, this time