This is Vincent, who I met in Nottingham. I was near the “Cloughie” statue in speakers corner when Vincent passed me on his bike. He asked me for directions to Nottingham Castle.
I told him the way and then asked if he was visiting the city.
Vincent is from Luxembourg, he works for the post office, but was taking a sabbatical. He has been in the country for a few weeks. He told me he was based in Empingham (Rutland), but he may have said Effingham (Surrey). He had an hour before he had to catch a train to Leicester (so maybe Empingham, Rutland as his base)
I asked if Vincent had brought his bike with him from Luxembourg. He told me he asked at the methodist church if anybody had a bike he could borrow. A lady in the congregation gave him the bike. He showed me the alterations he had made to the bike, a shopping trolley and two new mudguards.
That was it, I asked Vincent if I could take his photo for my strangers project and as you can see he said “yes”. I walked him down to the bottom of the street , bumped fists and pointed to the roads he needed to ride up to the castle.
Thank you or the photos Vincent, I hope you have a good stay for your last few days in England.
There is a photo of Vincent on his bike in my "extras" folder
A super capture of this eccentric looking character ! - He should be riding a Horse and not a bicycle !! - You do meet up with interesting characters Phil ! fav
What a great story and image, Phil! Love it. I looked at the photo and thought 'he's Swiss or Austrian', it was the jacket, I think. I was close, but I wouldn't have guessed Luxembourg!
