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THE CHIP in the West End's Ashton Lane has a narrow flight of stairs up to the first floor bar. From there is another tricky set of steps up to the roof terrace. Heading up there for a drink the other day was a chap who had bought two tyres for his mountain bike, which he propped up on either side of his roof terrace chair while sipping his pint. Eventually a chap detached himself from a group nearby having an earnest discussion, and sidled up to the tyre buyer to ask: "Sorry to bother you, but me and my mates cannot work out how you managed to get your wheelchair up here."