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[Adasta]

Do it on a Sunday, more tourists but less traffic...cycle sightseeing on a Sunday is great fun

I cycled from Kings Cross to Clapham yesterday and it was brilliant. Apart from a massive diversion around the Liverpool Street area, it was a straight run down with little hassle.

The City is actually bearable and - dare I say it - pleasent when it isn't filled with cretins.

 

[ufkacbln]

+1. And along the coast either way, too...

Wot and travel through Portsmiffffff?

 

[ClichéGuevara]

These Boris bikes, am I reading it right? You pay a quid to register and as long as you get the bike back to a stand within 30 minutes you pay no more and can then take another one every half hour for the rest of the day with no charge other than the initial £1?

 

[Glow worm]

The City is actually bearable and - dare I say it - pleasent when it isn't filled with cretins.

I did King's Cross to St John's Wood then down to Lambeth before heading back to King's Cross last week for work on my Brompton. It was fine- the hairiest bit was an underpass thing on the A40 (Near Gt Portland Street?) - won't be doing that again!

Best bits- Regent's Park, then along the Mall, Horseguards Parade, Parliament Sq. and then over Lambeth Bridge and down Lambeff Walk (Gertcha).- really enjoyed it. I had to grudgingly admit to myself that not all of London's that bad. Folks on the underground don't know what they are missing. I'd say a tourist trip around the sites on the most civilised form of transport known to man is a fine idea.

Off on a complete tangent as usual - but for any tree lovers, There's an enormous date palm tree on a roundabout at the start of Lambeth Bridge that I couldn't believe! Looks way too big to be moved indoors, (at least 25 foot) so must be there all year- amazing. Says a lot for the micro climate there. If I tried growing that beast here it would be dead by October!

 

[rugbyluke]

Thanks everyone guess I will have to adapt and overcome

 

[Flyingfox]

I would say if you've never cycled in Central London just be totally aware of pedestrians, they can be the worst hazard especially in the tourist areas - Westminster, Soho, Covent Garden etc.