England : London Sunday London ride

[threefingerjoe]

Thanks, to ALL of you, for a GREAT EXPERIENCE! I had a wonderful time, and saw and learned things that I never could have on my own. Many of the sites you showed me aren't in the tourist guides. BTW, what was the name of the ferry that we crossed on? My bum has recovered from the hired saddle, and I'm looking forward now, to getting home to share stories and photos with my cycling buddies.

MICE, I can't view your pics. It says I need permission, or something. I'll try again, when I get home, on a familiar computer and browser, where I may have better luck!

Keep the rubber side down!
Joe

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Hi there, Joe, glad the saddle sores are healing. It was the Woolwich Ferry, sometimes called the Woolwich Free Ferry. It's most fun on weekdays when it's full of container trucks. They let the bikes off first and then set the trucks on you - with an open road ahead and a menacing rumble behind you it's perfect training for getting away quickly at the lights.

 

[dellzeqq]

Who is the very tall, very handsome bloke in the middle with the dirty bike??

I think you'll find that clothes maketh the man!

The Woolwich Free Ferry has three boats and I think we were on the John Burns, named after this gent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burns

The Free Ferry was started by Sir Joseph Bazalgette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bazalgette the maker of modern London. I went to school with Bazalgette's great-great-grandson. Whatever happened to him?

 

[ianrauk]

And the Greenway is a Bazalgette invention is it not? Along with the 'Cathedral Of Sewage' The Abbey Mills pumping station

 

[Aperitif]

Sewer television? Dunno...

 

[Mice]

Thanks, to ALL of you, for a GREAT EXPERIENCE! I had a wonderful time, and saw and learned things that I never could have on my own. Many of the sites you showed me aren't in the tourist guides. BTW, what was the name of the ferry that we crossed on? My bum has recovered from the hired saddle, and I'm looking forward now, to getting home to share stories and photos with my cycling buddies.

MICE, I can't view your pics. It says I need permission, or something. I'll try again, when I get home, on a familiar computer and browser, where I may have better luck!

Keep the rubber side down!
Joe

Glad you enjoyed yourself Joe. Your visit certainly gave us all a good excuse to learn more about London so thank you for that. The link to my pics is causing more excitement than the pics themselves! This is my third attempt -

Maybe a working link to pics here

Have a good rest of your holiday and a pleasant trip home.

Mice

 

[BentMikey]

Thanks a lot for that ride, people! I wish I could have been there for more of it, and what a great turnout. It was super to meet you Joe!

 

[Aperitif]

Utilising one of Miranda's photos as illustration, check out the Daley Thompson action as the bandaged leg goes over the saddle of the upright Ernesto! I was also privileged to witness a classic 'CTC Train to Rugby' forward cock dismount (22 seconds in). Forever in the memory - what a star is Dellzleg!

 

[Aperitif]

And this is Ravensbourne College - a digital arts pixelaramagraphia.

Designed by 'Foreign Office Architects'. Nice. (No, not Nice, Greenwich, silly)

 

[Becs]

anyone out this weekend?

 

[martint235]

anyone out this weekend?

Unlikely. Weather forecast on top of a FNRttC means I'll probably stay in bed.

 

[rb58]

Cycling back from Dunwich I'm afraid. In the wet by the looks of it.....

 

[ianrauk]

Yup, i'll be in bed after the FNRttC also...

 

[threefingerjoe]

just out of interest, how much did the hire of the bike cost joe?

£20 for the day, Cat. You can hire one by the hour, but, I think after about 4 hours, it's cheaper just to get it for the day.

 

[topcat1]

£20 bargain

may do an extremly fast early 6am blast to southend