Tales from today's commute....

[deptfordmarmoset]

Jeebus that was hard work tonight. Very hot and a bit of a headwind. Sweating buckets by the time I got home.

@deptfordmarmoset , big accident in Deptford Bridge tonight.
Know anything? I could see a big tent up in the middle of the road so guessing a casualty.

News to me: this is all I know:

Delay Severity: Serious
Road Affected: Admiralty Close SE8

Description of incident: A2 Deptford Bridge SE8/SE10 Both Directions between Harton Street and Deal's Gateway – The road is closed due to a collision.

Type of incident: Traffic Incidents | Collision

Current Update: Eastbound traffic is slow moving from New Cross Road. Westbound traffic is slow moving from Shooters Hill Road. Diverting traffic is also slow moving from Evelyn Street and Deptford Church Street.

Start date: Wed 14th Jun 2017, 3:38PM UTC
Incident updated: Wed 14th Jun 2017, 6:19PM UTC

 

[Vegan1]

The roads this morning and this evening were busier than usually. Nasty smash on the A41 in London with a road closure, RIP.

 

[J1888]

Lots of people on bikes today - some bad drivers and some terrible cycling. Plus ça change.

 

[Sixmile]

Sitting patiently at the traffic lights at a busy junction this morning and suddenly hear the roar of an engine getting louder from the pavement. Seconds later a hoodie bedecked teenager flies past on the pavement, cuts onto the road, through the reds, across two lanes onto now oncoming traffic, through a pedestrian crossing that was red, onto the next junction, oncoming traffic again, up on the pavement and away into the distance. He must've been really late for work.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Beautiful hot and sunny commute this morning. Blue skies everywhere

 

[ianrauk]

Beautiful hot and sunny commute this morning. Blue skies everywhere

Yeah, really nice, not too hot... yet.. that's looking like this evenings commute. Yesterday evening's was blistering.
So nice this morning that I decided to extend the commute for a few miles... and why not?

 

[Jenkins]

Some sort of (unwelcome) personal record today - five sets of temporary traffic lights at roadworks this morning. This in adition to the regular ones at junctions & pedestrian crossings.

On one set of 4-way temporaty lights, if turning right, it's quicker to go around 6 side roads or get off and walk the bike round the corner than wait for the next green if they turn red as you approach.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Came across a guy on a recumbent while i was heading out of central london on my way home. I should of asked him if he commuted to work on it lol.

I kept trying to think of a joke about him not taking things lying down afterwards but i couldnt come up with one.... I failed!

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I've seen it all now. Waiting to turn into the rail station road and this Landrangewhatever Rover Discovery comes past on the other side.

The driver is wearing one of those pollution filter masks...

 

[Sixmile]

Decided to take part in the Fred festival breakfast run on the way to work this morning. Group ride through Belfast culminating in a free bacon bap and coffee at the city hall. The morning was topped off by witnessing Ian Paisley Junior (DUP and soon to be member of the British government!) pulling a wheelie.

 

[Arjimlad]

Filtering to the front of the queue, I went straight ahead when the lights changed at the Wick Wick roundabout this morning - but the close-passing van driver who had not been signalling left got all eggy and revved his silly little engine at me like he thought it was a magic spanking machine or something.

When I turned around to wave and smile he wound down his window and got very worked up indeed - all this at about 0640 this morning !

Bless their little cotton socks, for taking themselves so very seriously.

 

[atalanta]

Today, on only my second commute ever, I managed to get some sort of sun poisoning on my arms from too much exposure. I am too delicate to be allowed out of the house. Also I now look like I have some sort of extremely localised leprosy.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Beautiful morning, sun is out, nice warm breeze,the odd cloud in the sky.

All tainted by the fact that im on my way to work and wont be home till about 8pm

 

[Jenkins]

Beautiful morning, sun is out, nice warm breeze,the odd cloud in the sky.

All tainted by the fact that im on my way to work and wont be home till about 8pm

You're not alone - out of the house at 6am, won't get back until past 5pm. Spent an hour in an overheated exam shed this moring and the office I'm now in has no air conditioning.

 

[Twizit]

Boiling *. Beautiful, but still boiling and tonight on the way home is only going to be even warmer. I shall be employing that well known post ride cool down known as jumping into the kids paddling pool the minute I step off the bike.


* but still far more preferable to getting on a stuffy train