An experiment causes Great Britain to swap with a century-old version of itself, but fortunately, physics student Paul and his girlfriend Vicki were with their bicycles on the nearby Isle of Wight, so they make the crossing back to the main island and pedal to the rescue.
The experiment could result in an alternate Great Britain being swapped with ours—one displaced backward in time from the instant of the experiment.

Variants

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  1. “Greenwich Nasty Time” by Carl Frederick, in Analog, November 2008.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Carl Frederick