Café St.Germain,Crystal Palace Parade.
That'll be an apricot danish :-)
Look Mum No Hands
A repeat of the ride in Summer 2011,the route is virtually unchanged.
A nice cross section of bicycles today,Daniel on his fixed,Neil on his Moulton and myself on my Gazelle.
Our total at 11's was 16 so wisely,we split into two adjoining cafés at Crystal Palace but service was brisk and easy on the pocket (cappuccino £1.75).
Daniel left us to head home,the remainder enjoyed a sunny ride north using as many cyclepaths as possible.The large group was briefly separated when Jeff stopped to take a picture of one of his son's ex property in Southwark Bridge Road.
We arrived at "Look Mum No Hands"café/bike shop to find a photo shoot in session.
I was about to move on "sans" refreshment as inside there was no room either.But the crew over heard us talking and swiftly replaced the tables & chairs.
Graham & Jeff found themselves as subjects in another impromptu shoot as the photographer took a liking to their matching "FNRTTC" jerseys.
Simon Legg's concept is so well established now that you just need type "friday night r" into google and the rest is filled in for you.
If you wanna take the plunge into the dark with a bunch of insomniacs riding bikes see the website :
Graham's plan of going north to ride east along the Regents Canal seemed a good idea but the plethora of Londoners enjoying the peace & tranquilty made the riding difficult with scarcely enough room for a couple to walk side by side and us to wobble pass safely.
Victoria Park was the respite leading to a confusing junction of canals that caused us to take a wrong turning.We were trying to get onto The Greenway,the pedestrian/cycle route to the Olympic Park viewing area.
In reality,the only venues that are easily seen are the Olympic Stadium & the Aquatic Centre,the others being too far away or hidden by infastructure.
As far as I could tell,the sculpture/helter skelter type thingy was virtually complete since our last visit in July 2011,but with extensive landscaping still to be started.
In the City,at the junction of Upper Thames Street and Southwark Bridge we waited at red to turn left whilst to our right was a Terravision Stansted coach,the same company that caused the death of a cyclist 3 weeks ago.
As you turn onto Southwark Bridge you see a "white bike" memorial - Sebastian Lukomski,died here in 2004:
We were separated again shortly before arriving at Clapham Common for tea............hoping you all got home safely.
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