Met up with some old friends at 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese', a lovely old pub in Fleet Street, London. Train to Surbiton then a route up to the West End via Richmond Park, Sheen, Hammersmith & Kensington.
I have cycled these roads before so I knew what to expect. The bike ran really well and I felt strong, even on the return in the evening after a few 'cheekies'!
From Surbiton, I skirted around Kingston town centre by going north to Norbiton, past my old local, The Norbiton & Dragon, which used to be run by the son of Frank Carson, the comedian. Hadn't changed from the outside in ten years!
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| Old Local |
Round the corner into Park Road and a quick snap of a very uninteresting looking building whose top floor flat was once our humble abode! Just a little bit of nostalgia.
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| Old abode - Top floor |
The route across Richmond Park to Richmond was incredibly busy. The Park with it's very tame Deer is still a very popular destination and the car parks looked full. Many cyclists out this afternoon in the Park.
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| Richmond Park |
Route continued down into Sheen and then across the railway crossing in Mortlake. I then took the road running alongside the Thames through Barnes, passing the house where Gustav Holst lived and up to Hammersmith Bridge.
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| Barnes Bridge |
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| Holst's House |
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| Hammersmith Bridge - Looking west |
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| Hammersmith Bridge |
Moving from Hammersmith towards Olympia took me past my old place of work in Brook Green and then up through a very busy Kensington High Street. I moved into Hyde park on a section of Road that offers a quiet parallel alternative route up to Hyde Park Corner, avoiding the traffic in Knightsbridge. I encountered one of the new Barclay's sponsored cycle hire points which was rather busy with lots of people coming and going with the bikes.
It's never a joy cycling up Piccadilly but it made the drop down into Trafalgar Square and ride along the Strand that much easier. Reached the Cheshire Cheese and locked up in:
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