It seems to always be the case that when something bad happens to someone, those that knew them always report them as being the nicest, kindest etc etc. In this case however I feel there has been a conscious effort from some involved to not just paint CL in a positive light but to change the reality of the situation that was her life at the time. Like SGF claiming CL wouldn't go drinking the night before a day at work, when SC then says “If she came out on a night when she was on an early shift the following morning she would always be looking at the clock at 11pm and moaning that she was going to be so tired the next day." (link below)
Both are supposed to be good friends of cl, yet one admits she would go out the night before work, the other claims she never would. Strange since both would be in the same pub, one drinking there the other working.....
Whilst it could be said sgf wanted people to think highly of cl, so said she was too conscientious to go out the night before working, in saying this he could also be misleading people who may have thought they had seen cl out and about but then dismiss it as not being her since her close friends have said she wouldn't do this.
Latest Claudia Lawrence clues are ‘hard to believe’
I've never actually seen anyone say they saw cl pedalling to work on her bike. I've read comments around her driving before her breakdown, being given lifts off work colleagues, and walking, but I've not read anywhere anyone saying they saw her on her bike, going to or coming from work. Like it maybe wasn't a normal or regular way for her to travel. Taking sgf comment into account, it does make it sound like she would only use her bike in bad weather, and he would have to have a good knowledge of her routine to be aware of that, which makes me wonder how much a part of her routine was the bike, and who else might have known this information.