- Green Goddess
- Pseudo Ange P
- Enthusiastic poodle
- Classic Pram
- Mrs Robin
- Five Star
- Lady in Red
- MiB
- Moonwalker
- Hawaiian Santa
- Crouching Mechanic, Hidden Cuppa
- Vote for Pedro x2
- Pink lady on a Schwinn
- Fat kid on a bike
- Tall Reader
- Bucket o' bairns
- HJ Watch
- Ginger Ninga
- Alternative jogger
- Orange Monk
- Reluctant dog
Cambridge is full of eccentrics, and it seems that we're two of them!
Some folk are destined to fall off the list as we haven't seen them in a long while, e.g. Tall Reader and Orange Monk. Actually quite worried about them. We do care about our Histon Road regulars you know!
ReplyDeleteI cycle down Histon Road every day and think I recognise a couple off your list, my favourite is Alternative jogger (or Metal Man as we call him) after months of seeing him we have worked out that he must work in Histon as we seem him jogging back down Histon Road in the evening, he makes me feel really unfit...and you got to love Santa, he comes in the library most days and is quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad it's not just us! A colleague put me on to German Army Helmet Dude, but we only see him on his bike if we are really late. As you've spotted AJ/MM have a look for the the lady on a green Schwinn style bike with pink helmet.
ReplyDeleteHawaiian Santa is one of my favourites: sometimes it's blue prints, sometimes red, but with that beard he's unmistakeable.
You'll have to share your top spots with us- welcome to a new level of geekery!
I have only seen German Army Helmet Dude once or twice, but mostly on Gilbert Road on my way home, I saw lady on a green bike with pink helmet this morning though.
ReplyDeleteThere is always Goth Lady, all in black with mega long hair who pretty much walks my entire route in.
I am intrigued by some of your people specially Reluctant dog and Moonwalker, I'm pretty sure I have never seen them...
I need to leave for work earlier to see more of these! Do you have fat lady at bus stop or holding hands couple (although haven't seen them for ages) on your list?
ReplyDeleteGoth lady and holding hands couple? I shall keep my eye out for them.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about a fat lady at a bus stop, we have Lady in Red who is a large lady in a red anorak, usuallly seen walking up Histon Road away from Nasreen Dar, she may wait for a bus further on.
Some of them defy description. Reluctant dog- now a real rarity- is an paunchy labrador who is reluctantly taken for a walk, or perhaps a drag woud be more appropriate? Moonwalker was initially spotted in moon boots cf. silver boots on Vote for Pedro x2, she has since been spotted in a variety of comfortable shoes.
I think we need detailed descriptions. We've already added a new one since this list was published: Happy-Skippy Man, the happiest man to cross Gilbert Road- always a good vibe to start the day with!
Ah, I think my lady at bus-stop might be your 'Lady in Red'. Detailed descriptions of these characters would be most helpful, today I saw a man on a Schwinn, so not pink and not a lady...maybe a variation on a theme?
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