Tag Archives: Cycling

Overground, Underground, Air & Sea – take two

A repeat of a really lovely ride along the Thames Path, east from Tower Bridge. From Tower Bridge, a short stretch of road to avoid the cobbled backroads, then off onto the riverside path. Under the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, then … Continue reading

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Parks East & West

A short ride to get back in the swing of things after a rather lazy winter. Liverpool Street out to Victoria Park, canal towpath to Islington, then back on the road to Hyde Park, and quiet backroads to Liverpool Street … Continue reading

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A lap of Stanley Park, Vancouver

Visiting friends in Victoria, BC, I also spent a couple of days exploring Vancouver. Everyone but everyone told me I had to go to Stanley Park, and they were not wrong … 

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Rolling along the River Lea

Last time we did this ride, it was wet and very muddy; this time if was bone-dry and very dusty … 

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A dozen bridges – when recumbents meet Bromptons

I thought it would be fun to have a cycle ride with both superior forms of the bicycle art: recumbents and Bromptons. Fourteen members of the London Brompton Club and London Recumbent Club zig-zagged down the Thames, crossing all the bridges … Continue reading

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Gadgetising new year’s resolutions

We’ve all done it. The new year’s resolutions that make it into the second week of January if we’re lucky. Last year, I claimed I was going to cycle 3000 miles. I didn’t. I don’t actually know how many miles … Continue reading

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