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Video: Woman taking tea at Bettys in York asks man to move - so she can get an eyeful of World Naked Bike Ride
A woman taking tea at the iconic Bettys Café Tea Rooms in York knocked on the window to ask a man to move - so she could get a better look at the people participating in the city's 12th annual World Naked Bike Ride.
People taking part in the ride, now held in more than 100 cities worldwide and which acts as a protest against car and fossil fuel dependency while also highlighting the fragility of the human body, had stopped to stage a die-in at the city's St Helen's Square.
The woman, who was sitting at a window seat with a male companion, gave the man standing outside a thumbs-up when he stepped aside to give her an unrestricted view of proceedings.
The footage was filmed by David Dunning of Minster FM, which has his full video report here.
The remaining legs of the World Naked Bike Ride to be held in the UK this year will take place in Newcastle-Gateshead and Folkestone this Saturday 1 July, in Worthing the following day, in Colchester on 8 July and a week later, on 15 July, in Clacton.
> Hundreds strip off in London and Manchester for World Naked Bike Ride
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Latest Comments
- kingleo 27 min 28 sec ago
The students at Cambrige have no problem cycling everywhere.
- stonojnr 1 hour 4 min ago
crazy that his own brief describes it as "his long suffering partner" also how come the two blokes he collected from the snooker club to assist in...
- stonojnr 1 hour 12 min ago
but in cases where you report other cyclists close passes, you literally are the witness to it, not the victim ?...
- S.E. 1 hour 15 min ago
1. It's obviously more aerodynamic, even a small backpack or hydration pack can help, there are studies about this....
- stonojnr 1 hour 20 min ago
theres an attitude I encounter alot locally, and demonstrated in bucket loads by drivers on my commute home tonight, that cyclists shouldnt be on...
- Keesvant 2 hours 40 min ago
If the chains snap that is lack of build quality or material.....
- Hirsute 3 hours 36 min ago
"Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good."
- Jaijai 4 hours 1 min ago
His life was only worth shy of 7 years ,that's too lenient in every book .Let alone drugged up and leaving him to die
- webbierwrex 4 hours 6 min ago
I came here to basically write the same thing, the floating bus stop near me has a very narrow cycling lane between a very narrow pavement and a...
- AS52 4 hours 29 min ago
It wasn't an official consultation meeting - see my comment above.
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Surely if this was a story about an old man doing this we would be disgusted by the objectification and ogling of the pervert?
Seriously though whilst It is funny - it also shows how well the ride works at getting noticed I do hope they also got the message as to why they were riding so apparently vulnerable.
nah she's just a lecherous old woman!
"I nearly had a stroke"
Obviously Bettys don't serve sausages.