We must have crossed paths en route numerous times without ever knowing it.
then A21 to Lewisham, over the hill, sweep down to Greenwich,
Make that the 3 of us @smutchin
We must have crossed paths en route numerous times without ever knowing it.
then A21 to Lewisham, over the hill, sweep down to Greenwich,
Possibly... But it's only really this year that my commute took in Crystal Palace.
Quite horrible up Fountain Drive at present, due to the amount of leaf mulch.
I do the climb everyday. Some days you fly up, others it bites back. It's not a hill I enjoy descending though.
In fact, this reminds me of a nasty little, very short climb in Bromley. Ringers Road up to the High Street.
Make that the 3 of us @smutchin
Many of the streets between the Embankment and the Strand are fairly steep.
Addle Hill between St Paul's and the river is proper out-of-the-seat climbing! (On a Boris Bike).
That little twisty climb up Beckenham Lane from Shortlands station is a good one
ah your eyes met under a peak/helmet - a spark, a flash of possible recognition, could it be? - pity. Could have been a beautiful relationship.PM now or you will never forgive yourself.I think we've discussed this before. I did once say hello to someone who stopped alongside me at the lights just past the bus station because I thought might be you but he just looked at me like I was a weirdo...
Ringers Road is the one going past Henry's? I used to enjoy that one, too, on days when I'd work in Bromley and come down from Beckenham (when I lived near Kent House station).Yeah, if you get it on a good day, it's one you can really belt up. I'm inside the Strava top 20 on Bromley Hill - largely thanks to the time I timed it perfectly and was able to tuck in behind a bus for most of the way up.
Ah yes, I know it well. Short but brutal.
That little twisty climb up Beckenham Lane from Shortlands station is a good one - short enough that you can really attack it if you feel so inclined. And you need to be going reasonably quickly to be able to safely cut across the traffic into the right-turn lane at the top. But I stopped going that way when they started clamping down on cyclists going down the pedestrianised bit of Bromley High Street, which is when I started taking the back roads from Shortlands and finishing with Ringer's Road instead... Or the Queen Anne Avenue sprint on days when I didn't fancy it.
Not even a nod from the miserable gitah your eyes met under a peak/helmet - a spark, a flash of possible recognition, could it be? - pity. Could have been a beautiful relationship.PM now or you will never forgive yourself.
I work near there. I must confess, I've never heard of the "Bullshit London Walking Tour".Addle Hill between St Paul's and the river is proper out-of-the-seat climbing! (On a Boris Bike).
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ah your eyes met under a peak/helmet - a spark, a flash of possible recognition, could it be? - pity. Could have been a beautiful relationship.PM now or you will never forgive yourself.
Ringers Road is the one going past Henry's?
Down's Hill from Shortlands up to Foxgrove Road was a fun one on the way back, too. Flying down Foxgrove Road was a lovely reward.
That little hairpin going onto Foxgrove always catches me in the wrong gear, cos it kicks up again after a slight levelling.Yep, that's the one.
Yeah, another one you can really attack if you feel like it, except that I always fade before the top. Descending it is a lot of fun too - good test of cornering skillz, and a good test of the brakes at the bottom...