After London E-Bike Jousting Craze, Perth Proposes a Fair Contest: Mobility Scooters at Dawn on the North Inch
Pensioners in armour 'very keen'; lances to be replaced by baguettes on health and safety grounds.
The North Inch, Perth, a historic site of clan battles and future mobility scooter duels. Photo: Chris Holifield, “The North Inch, Perth - geograph.org.uk - 6305917”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
PERTH — Inspired by two men in London jousting on rental e-bikes in full plate armour, a group of Perth pensioners has proposed a more dignified local version: mobility scooters, at dawn, on the North Inch, where the famous Battle of the Clans was fought in 1396.
“We’ve got the history,” said an organiser. “We’ve got the space. And we’ve got the scooters. They do eight miles an hour. That’s plenty fast when you’ve got a baguette pointed at you.”
Council officials have asked that nobody be harmed. Organisers have confirmed baguettes will be “yesterday’s, so soft”.
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