Day 1 so what has
changed; not a lot. The number of private cars continues to rise but it still feels like an early/quiet Sunday morning. For how much longer?
A visit to the Great Wen was long overdue. With Richmond
Park still closed to cyclists (!), I was forced along the pre-1927 A3 reached by crawling
up the Rue du Croissant (as the French might say) to a newish but still incomplete
cycle path over Kingston Hill. There was only one other cyclist before Roehampton
where I deviated through the Alton Estate to join NCN4 on Priory Lane.
After a detour to
Hammersmith Bridge (not crossed it since it closed) and Fulham FC I rejoined
NCN4 at Putney Bridge. Approaching Parliament Square, the absence of tourists and
most other things (open shops, crowded buses/coaches, armed police) was palpable so I continued only as far as Northumberland
Avenue before turning for home. Kings Road without shoppers is absolute bliss! For
many years Victoria to Putney Bridge was a regular route home though never
continuing over Wimbledon Common and Coombe Hill so take parts of the map with a pinch
of salt.
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| Guess who worked here (1970-1985) |
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