London lights pt 2

[topcat1]

16.45 I get a text fancy a pootle? There's me thinking oh yes a couple of laps of Battersea park
will do me fine.

Dripping tap 18.00. eh?
So i made my way up to bromley to meet Andy and Raptochic in rush hour by the way

Anyway! The plan to pootle down to greenwich and then make our way home, Andy escorted us to
lewisham



just after we reached greenwich the sun went down





it was very peaceful along the river, the local canoe club were out






following the thames path we made our way all the way down to chelsea





tuesday night fun http://img828.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=londonsouthbank065.jpg

 

[Davywalnuts]

Oh how cool.

I was out having a pootle in London last night too and I can confirm it look as pretty as the pictures are.

It was however getting rather nippy too, confirming Dell's comments about it being chilly this Friday night..

Great pics again!

 

[ianrauk]

Went through Bromley at 6.15 last night. So surprised didn't see you guys on the way to Greenwich, seeing as that's where I had just come from.

 

[topcat1]

you might have been ahead of me Ian i didn't get there 'till 18.20


(rode back up to bromley today, picked up the wheels )

 

[ianrauk]

you might have been ahead of me Ian i didn't get there 'till 18.20


(rode back up to bromley today, picked up the wheels )

Lol, you where probs fast catching me up.....

New wheels for Sunday then?

 

[Mista Preston]

that looks cracking. Let us know next time you go and I will leave work early

 

[CopperBrompton]

Do you have a GPX of your route? Looks like a good one.

 

[topcat1]

Do you have a GPX of your route? Looks like a good one.
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sorry i don't have a gpx
it's an easy enough route to follow as it's sign posted all the way to tower bridge
(though you don't want to do this alone at night)

 

[CopperBrompton]

Thanks - I did a lovely route on the London Sightseer 'Audax' (100k, not 200k, hence the quotes), which I suspect followed much of the same route for that section, but was rather fiddly:
http://www.benlovejoy.com/cycle/tripreports/londonaudax/

 

[Mista Preston]

Thanks - I did a lovely route on the London Sightseer 'Audax' (100k, not 200k, hence the quotes), which I suspect followed much of the same route for that section, but was rather fiddly:
http://www.benlovejo...ts/londonaudax/

enjoyed that write up Ben. Great pics as well

 

[CopperBrompton]

Thanks, it was a lovely ride. I really must do it again sometime: they run it twice a year.

 

[Mice]

A couple of pics from the London lights pt 2 - not nearly as good at Topcat1's pics but a good excuse to review his pics and remember how pretty London is at night. Maybe London lights pt 3 could be considered....

http://yfrog.com/5rimg0175qrjx Mice (3 Wheels= tripple the fun)

 

[topcat1]

part 3

Made my way to regents park last night and did a couple of slow laps, saw Becks

Mice and i decided to pootle down to tower bridge, swing round to oxford st and down through hyde park







http://yfrog.com/euck085jx

http://img534.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=ck085.jpg

thanks Mice

 

[Aperitif]

Postie posting perfect pics! The wheel dissolving into the evening - good stuff Dave.

 

[Mice]

A Tuesday night ride around London - A tourist on three wheels.

London Night Rides are highly recommended - a chance to be a tourist from London in London. This one was no exception.

From Regents Park via Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge to The Millenium Wheel. A tour along the Southbank up to London Bridge past the London Dungeons and on to the Tate Modern. The fountains outside Boris Johnston's office are always worth a look as indeed is HMS Belfast.

Five wheels over Tower Bridge and onto the Northside of the river. A slightly scary dual carriageway by Sugar Wharf and up to Fleet Street. Along the Strand to Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross Road to Tottenham Court Road along Oxford Street. A much needed portion-of-chips stop at Bond Street allowed a view of the Christmas Decorations at John Lewis. Then on to Marble Arch.

Into Hyde Park - to be the only two people in the park. Dark but not. The London glow and the clear sky -(not forgetting TC1's front light with which you could see the craters on the moon) cycling along the Serpentine was out of this world. The silhouettes of the pedalos and boats, silent, still and calm. Extraordinary.

Out onto the hurly burly Kensington Gore, past The Royal Albert Hall and down Queens Gate. Then home. London at night is a delight. A winner every time. Thank you Topcat1 - I look forward to London Lights 4 and highly recommend it! Mice - tripple the fun on three wheels.

Footnote: If I could line up my pics in an orderly fashion I would do so....
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