CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

I'M IN A BIND. I'm facing a quandary. It's all something of a pickle.

- By DAVID MOSELEY

You see... as a cyclist, runner, dog-walker and parent, I can't decide which I hate more - people on paths and trails wearing earphones, or motorists.

It's a close-run thing, I tell you.

Yesterday morning, when I was very politely trying to pass a walker on a narrow stretch of road, she couldn't hear my faint calls or ringing bell - because she had earphones in, no doubt listening to the audiobook version of You Have Permission to Exist at max volume. Exasperated, I eventually went around her, and - surprise, surprise - she had a near-heart attack and sent multiple self-help-induced dirty stares in my direction.

So last night, I hated Earphone Walkers the most.