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"Get off my lawn" Gone Bad In Scotland: Stick-Wielding Farmers

Please tell me this ends in two arrests.

Cyclists taking part in a road race through the mountains of the Scottish borders were attacked by elderly men brandishing sticks who tried to block their path.

The two men, thought to be in their 70s, were both dressed in tweed and flat caps and were said to be local farmers protesting at the road closures preventing them from getting between their fields during the harvest.

Full Story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/07/cyclists-attacked-men-br...

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Beautiful area. It's a shame that those old cranks thought it was a good idea to screw with the race. Healing thoughts to anyone injured by their selfish actions.

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