Sometimes I love London

[RedRider]

[QUOTE 2789784, member: 1314"]I actually live in Tolworth and work in Clerkenwell. I vary my route in. Latterly I’ve been going as far east as Tower Bridge then heading west. Sometimes I’ll go through RP and along the Chelsea Embankment. Never had a drink in Kennington, though.[/quote]
Check out the Brown Derby next time your down that way. Beautiful people, sexy juke box.

 

[srw]

But then again, how many cheery companions did you have on the train?

I don't know whether it's living in Buckinghamshire, or travelling on Chiltern Railways and having a seat, or simply the fact that there are a lot of cyclists (out of the 20 seats in the compartment I use, frequently 4 or 5 of us get on bikes at the other end - up to 4 of us on Bromptons), but even the train I usually get is quite cheery in a quiet, British, insular way.

 

[srw]

Easy enough to avoid Hyde Park Corner by hacking through Mayfair, a bit of St James's and over Waterloo Bridge.

Or you could track east earlier and drop down through Marylebone 'village' into Soho and then Covent Garden and Waterloo Bridge.

Google Maps for bicycles sends you even further east before turning south through Bloomsbury to reach Waterloo Bridge.

I could - but I enjoy Hyde Park, and pretending to be a tourist around Buck House and Parliament. It's a journey I do once a week at most, and I don't particularly care about the odd minute or two - there's a train every 15 minutes at the other end - so I'm not too bothered about the wait.

 

[markharry66]

I love London at night the buildings illuminated. Makes you think of a sleeping Monolith.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Not impressed with London,Bangkok is more fun to cycle in.

 

[Linford]

[QUOTE 2789726, member: 1314"]Last time I cycled in Cheltenham, the most scenic thing I saw was:

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Do you have to be a total knob absolutely all of the time Cock ?

 

[theclaud]

Do you have to be a total knob absolutely all of the time Cock ?

Cock of Gold? Come on Linf - it was funny.

 

[Linford]

[QUOTE 2790781, member: 1314"]Ok, Linf, I'll be serious. And I won't be again so this is a chance. I'm proud of London and so take pics and shout about it. Post up some nice pics of Chelters, then - there's beauty in everything as some poet said.[/quote]

You missed my other post then

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/sometimes-i-love-london.144391/#post-2789498

 

[bianchi1]

Do you have to be a total knob absolutely all of the time Cock ?

That picture was one of the funniest things i have seen on cycle chat for years!

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Too much Hi-Viz in this one,even the building looks yellow.

 

[Kies]

Don't know tooting - where is the Khalsa centre exactly?

 

[slowmotion]

Where's that gasometer too?

 

[redhanded]

Only two things could have improved it. I could do with a different traffic light pattern around the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. It's carefully timed so that you cross at the edge of Hyde Park, ride through the Arch and arrive at the top of Constitution Hill just as the lights are changing.

This. With the timings as they are now, I see people either jumping the Hyde Park lights to get to Constitution Hill on green or jumping the Constitution Hill lights. Of course, I would expect someone in TfL to say "computer says no" if they were to change the timings as it would disrupt the flow of motor traffic too much.

 

[Linford]

That picture was one of the funniest things i have seen on cycle chat for years!

You might imagine I was hysterical with laughter when making the choice 2 weeks ago whether to leave one of my animals (pets) to starve to death over the next 3 months, or get it euthanised at that point....we chose the latter.
Be careful what you share because there are some real ar*****es on here who will find some sort of twisted pleasure from the suffering of others.....

 

[Frood42]

Do you have to be a total knob absolutely all of the time Cock ?

Bad day, or do you know CoG well?

Come on, that pic was funny, the concrete jungle that is London has nothing on my home county of Suffolk, especially some of the great seaside towns/villages, but even I had a giggle at that photo CoG posted.

There are some nice places to cycle in London and some great sights to see out on the bike.
I enjoy my commute every day around Greater London despite some of the silly behaviour I see or even experience every now and then.
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