I was having a great cycle home today until I saw the accident.

The sun was shining. The roads were not too busy.

A even tailed a proper cycling from Lane Ends all the way thorugh Penketh and Cuerdley.

He was just pootling along and I had to to put in some effort to keep up but I could manage it.

All in all I was enjoying myself.

Then, at the roundbaout that heralds your entrance into Widnes after you pass Fiddlers Ferry, I saw a police car pulled up.

I could make out a man sat down on the grass in the middle of the roundabout.

Then I saw another lying, immoble, with a blanket over him.

A bike lay on the grass and a car was parked up.

It looked like the two had collided and car driver was comforing the cyclist.

There seemed no panic and I think there was a paramedic there.

But the stillness of the cyclist really worried me.

It was a bit of a sharp reminder of the potential dangers out there - I use the roundabout twice a day.

Whoever that guy was, whatever happened, I hope it was not as serious as it looked tonight.