Having not commuted on a bike for over a year now due to Covid and the office moving . I thought the size of my gut now indicated that I should get my arse back into gear and try a commute to the new office which is situated in a ghastly industrial estate in Hoddesdon.
The commute seemed it was going to a pain in the proverbial, ( it does not make a huge amount of practical sense to commute by bike its only my lack of fitness and expanding waistline forces me back into the game) very early train to West Ham then a 20 mile blast up the canal path northwards.
I was expecting pitch blackness and hordes of cyclests wobbling all over the place and pedestrians throwing themselves under my wheels as i dinged my bell at them.
I was on the path by 06:40 and it was quite light, 30 mins later no light needed. As it was hardly any cyclist at all, on the way up one guy on a ebike sailed past and I went past a whole 3, only saw probably 10 coming the other way. It was similar with joggers/dog walkers.
I thouroughly enjoyed it, 2 sets of traffic lights in 20 miles , probably only 1-2 miles on road, the rest just me a tow path,canal and shed loads of boats. Very slow compared to my old road route to the old office but I think 2 or 3 times a week will be fun, hopefully journey home tonight will be just as enjoyable.
