Lost Rivers of London Ride Part 3 - Sunday 8th January
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- The TerrorVortex
I'm sure they'll be delicious. On the platform waiting for a train.
See you all soon.
See you all soon.
her_welshness
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Cool, macaroons! See you soon!
Mice
Guru
Macaroons? Fabulous! See you at Bermondsey Square at 10! Looking forward to it - and the ride of course. I hope you are easy to find in BermondseySquare... M
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- The TerrorVortex
Well, that was fun 
Thanks for an informative and macaroony ride, from which I had to bail early.
Saw a fair few unusual sights.
Especially the rather scantily-clad gentleman in the black fetishwear...
Thanks for an informative and macaroony ride, from which I had to bail early.
Saw a fair few unusual sights.
Especially the rather scantily-clad gentleman in the black fetishwear...
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- The TerrorVortex
I bet his cheeks were burning!
ttcycle
Cycling Excusiast
AnythingButVanilla
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- Location
- London
What on earth did I miss? Sounds like I missed a good day out but I'd never been to Bermondsey Sq. before, got completely lost and only got there at half ten. We ended up going along the river and having lunch in Greenwich though so it wasn't a complete waste of a day.
ttcycle
Cycling Excusiast
Yes some guy was dressed in fetish gear and a gimp mask- half naked (bloomin heck it was cold-poor him) being photographed for something or the other down a quiet road we rode down.
I nearly got properly lost from the group- a friend was due to arrive but had a puncture - and I picked up her call and stopped for about 5-10minutes- as was the nature of the windy side streets it was hard to find them- thankfully got there in the end - lots of bits of interesting history and some very interesting parts of London, sounds like you had a good day though.
I nearly got properly lost from the group- a friend was due to arrive but had a puncture - and I picked up her call and stopped for about 5-10minutes- as was the nature of the windy side streets it was hard to find them- thankfully got there in the end - lots of bits of interesting history and some very interesting parts of London, sounds like you had a good day though.
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User10571
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I'm never going to agree to another Sunday morning photo shoot in central London again.
Gah!
Cyclists!
Gah!
Cyclists!
her_welshness
Well-Known Member
Around 34 in the end - fabulous turnout 
A lovely mixture of folk and a wonderful amount of interesting knowledge of the Walbrook and Neckinger. Plenty of laughs too. Half of us wound up in, I think it was the Dairy Tap? Very thankful Xmas cake and macaroons from Jane and ttcycle (Ninja).
As Bill pointed out, the gimp fetish thing was filmed by the French, which explains everything.
All hail to our glorious ride leader, Bermondsey Bill (The Legend That Continues).
A lovely mixture of folk and a wonderful amount of interesting knowledge of the Walbrook and Neckinger. Plenty of laughs too. Half of us wound up in, I think it was the Dairy Tap? Very thankful Xmas cake and macaroons from Jane and ttcycle (Ninja).As Bill pointed out, the gimp fetish thing was filmed by the French, which explains everything.
All hail to our glorious ride leader, Bermondsey Bill (The Legend That Continues).
I think that this ride probably now holds my record for the number of one way street cycled down the wrong way!
A fun little pootle, although informally TECing for some of the ride, I managed to miss out on quite a lot of the information! I'm glad we managed to meet up with ttcycle again, after she got left behind near the start of the ride. I think she was the only person who was temporarily "mislayed", although getting the recumbent through the last challenge near Tower Bridge almost reduced the ride by one more!
That gentleman we met, did give a whole new perspective to the various leather related establishments we went past later on!
I've got a handful of photos which are being uploaded, around 178 of them! (... and no, none of him!) That's going to take a while, as is editing out the boring bits of my ride, between Croydon and more central London, from the GPX route before I can upload that to a mapping site.
A fun little pootle, although informally TECing for some of the ride, I managed to miss out on quite a lot of the information! I'm glad we managed to meet up with ttcycle again, after she got left behind near the start of the ride. I think she was the only person who was temporarily "mislayed", although getting the recumbent through the last challenge near Tower Bridge almost reduced the ride by one more!
That gentleman we met, did give a whole new perspective to the various leather related establishments we went past later on!
I've got a handful of photos which are being uploaded, around 178 of them! (... and no, none of him!) That's going to take a while, as is editing out the boring bits of my ride, between Croydon and more central London, from the GPX route before I can upload that to a mapping site.
Mice
Guru
Thank you Bill for arranging this ride - and thank you to Her Welshness for highlighting it.
The cool weather didn't put people off and over 30 of us met in Bermondsey Square for a pootle around London to learn about the history of two particular rivers that exist no more. The group grew and grew. By 10am we had amongst our wheel collection two trikes, a tandem and a pair of Brommies.
It was clear from the beginning that Bill had really done his research. As the day went on, I learnt heaps and rode down streets I never knew existed. The guide to the Walbrook started with two drains in a little street that was a dead end. Drains! Really. On top of that they were both filled with litter. Although, without quoting all of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, "water water everywhere" we didn't see a drop but we were at least a visible legacy of its existence, as we weaved our way through Shoreditch and on through the City, we were a sort of cycling homage to the river flow of times gone by.
Down to the Thames and over to the southside for lunch after which we picked up the story of the Neckinger. No longer visible but its name lives on in architecture - buildings originally built as industrial ones such as mills and factories, making use of the water supply.
It was a grand day out. A great group of people and a delight to see such an unusual side to the history of London. The Pub was a perfect place to end. My only regret from the day is that as I now know what a stink pipe looks like, I fear I may notice them again! And I ate too many macaroons but they were delicious.
Thank you Bill. I took some pics.
https://picasaweb.google.com/108733...&authkey=Gv1sRgCJrixOSDvYPEAw&feat=directlink
M
PS Although I was paying attention I may not have remembered everything but I did have a great day cycling!
The cool weather didn't put people off and over 30 of us met in Bermondsey Square for a pootle around London to learn about the history of two particular rivers that exist no more. The group grew and grew. By 10am we had amongst our wheel collection two trikes, a tandem and a pair of Brommies.
It was clear from the beginning that Bill had really done his research. As the day went on, I learnt heaps and rode down streets I never knew existed. The guide to the Walbrook started with two drains in a little street that was a dead end. Drains! Really. On top of that they were both filled with litter. Although, without quoting all of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, "water water everywhere" we didn't see a drop but we were at least a visible legacy of its existence, as we weaved our way through Shoreditch and on through the City, we were a sort of cycling homage to the river flow of times gone by.
Down to the Thames and over to the southside for lunch after which we picked up the story of the Neckinger. No longer visible but its name lives on in architecture - buildings originally built as industrial ones such as mills and factories, making use of the water supply.
It was a grand day out. A great group of people and a delight to see such an unusual side to the history of London. The Pub was a perfect place to end. My only regret from the day is that as I now know what a stink pipe looks like, I fear I may notice them again! And I ate too many macaroons but they were delicious.
Thank you Bill. I took some pics.
https://picasaweb.google.com/108733...&authkey=Gv1sRgCJrixOSDvYPEAw&feat=directlink
M
PS Although I was paying attention I may not have remembered everything but I did have a great day cycling!
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clarion
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So you got a photo of the gimp. Gotta say he has good definition.
Fun ride in good company
Fun ride in good company
