I'd go with handbags at dawn.Do you want us to adjudicate on a argument you had while waiting for the lights to change?
The guys a dick ,( personally I'd have told him to f@#$ off)u did the right thing if u felt unsafe in the cycle lane then ride on the road where u see fit ,however I seen no need to inform that bus to slow down ( did u expect a bus to slow down and sit behind a bike ( at what ,,,,, 15/20 mph) , I'd just have ridden where u were and if it inconveniences other road users then theyl just have to deal with it as u have as much right to b there as themI don't commute so have no experience of similar roads, but I think I would have stuck to the inner cycle lane rather than inconvenience other traffic. You say it was windy but you seemed to have plenty control to turn and watch traffic so don't understand why you didn't feel safe to stay in the inner lane?
I don't understand either. Were you worried you'd be blown into the Thames?
If it was that windy I wouldn't be taking one hand of the bars just to wave at a bus.