Your cycle in front of a wall pics

[booze and cake]

Spurling Rd, Dulwich

Lordship Lane, Dulwich

 

[Dogtrousers]

That Welsh railway station. You know, the one with the really long name ...

 

[booze and cake]

I managed to find the locations of some more graffiti birds by ATM that I went searching for in my ride linked up thread.
I'm not sure if this is one of ATM's, it looks like one of his, and if not is still good enough to include. Kingfisher in Frogley Road, Dulwich.

Right across London now to a Goshawk on the end house of Rensburg Road in Walthamstow

Then a Lapwing on Langham Rd in Turnpike Lane

There's a Bullfinch on nearby Waldeck Road

....opposite which is this

And on Coppermill Lane Walthamstow I found a whole flock!

That's all the ATM birds I know about, I applaud his effort and enjoyed my few days bird spotting. All those birds, makes me think of...,

...although with the knife and tomato ketchup providing the 'claret', I assume this is a reference to Psycho not The Birds, points deducted

 

[booze and cake]

 

[bikingdad90]

The wall at home. Boardman cx comp 2016 with 32c gatorskins and all the necessary commuter accessories (for me). Still playing with the stem length and rotation on the bars as it feels a tad stretched out.

 

[User32269]

Had a gentle 15 miles on Leeds Liverpool Canal with my lad. First time back on my bike following a knee injury.

 

[Roadhump]

Not a wall, but a country lane bench. Love this photo of my Sirrus Pro.

 

[booze and cake]

Linden Gardens

 

[RedRider]

I don't know if its an old canal route but its directly above the cycling and pedestrian underpass in Burgess Park that goes under Wells Way, here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4820906,-0.0855493,3a,75y,322.6h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1shx2gQ8gU4DhS_hvOYT7qZQ!2e0!3e2!6s//geo3.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=hx2gQ8gU4DhS_hvOYT7qZQ&output=thumbnail&cb_client=maps_sv.tactile.gps&thumb=2&w=203&h=100&yaw=334.54214&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656

This from Herne Hill
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and this from Camden, as colourful as ever.
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Thanks, not sure I'd be confident at leading a ride around central London, they are quite spread out, it could turn into quite an epic.... and knowing London lots will be repainted over before you can get back round to them. There are a few spots in Brixton, Walthamstow, Acton and Camden where the Council's seem to allow it though.

I'm currently spending a large chunk of my spare time trekking around London photographing Champion Trees, and I was thinking about maybe drawing up a series of spring/summer/autumn/winter, short/medium and long rides that visit some of London's best ones, when they are looking their most splendid....but I don't really know anything about trees, so there's a fair bit of work and learning required on my part to find them, and to learn what times of year certain trees look their best, so more likely next year before I get them finalised.

As part of that I've just started tracking down all of graffiti artist ATM's bird drawings across London, I've already done his Barn Owl in Acton and the Chaffinch in Loughborough Junction previously in this thread, so who knows maybe I'll get round to drawing up a list of all the locations I've visited so far if people are interested. I usually GPS my rides so even if I have'nt previously listed exactly where each one is I could look back and find them.

Some great stuff @booze and cake . You should consider an instagram account if you don't have one already and if you fancy meeting up for some booze maybe we could put together a CC wall ride for late summer??

 

[RedRider]

There's a shack in this Peckham alley that sells cauliflower curry and naan, the perfect post ride fodder today. Sometimes there's caged song birds hanging on this wall.

A bike shop in Loughborough Junction last week

 

[RedRider]

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Tuebrook area of Liverpool.

Nice swan

 

[RedRider]

Seemed quite chilled?!

I might get a tattoo of it

 

[Bonno]

Dolans on tour!

 

[booze and cake]

Some great stuff @booze and cake . You should consider an instagram account if you don't have one already and if you fancy meeting up for some booze maybe we could put together a CC wall ride for late summer??

Thanks. Instagram? Crikey no I hate all that social meediya, I 'de-activated' from Facebook about 5 years ago as I reached saturation point with pics of peoples lunches and baby snaps and could'nt even feign interest any longer. ...and don't even get me started on Twitter. I have renamed them the unholy trinity of Faceache, Twa**er and Instabore.

Haha sorry I just re-read that back and I sound a right tedious curmudgeon. Hmm @Nigel182 asked about a ride. I'm just a bit wary of leading a hoard of people I don't know, with unknown cycling ability around central London, but if others are keen, and take full responsibility for their own actions, and I get some help with planning and on the day, then I guess we could do one. We can then start a separate ride thread and try and get a rough idea of numbers wanting to come along, pick some favourites, and then pick some routes....and hope they are not painted over before we get to them! Meeting up over a beer on a warm summers afternoon to thrash out the details sounds like the makings of a plan coming together..... I'm away in Wales for a chunk of June, but we can maybe arrange this for some time in July? I have started writing down the locations of all of mine to help with any planning.

Maybe we can rope in @velovoice too if she is available/interested as she sounded like a ride leader and a bit of S.London mural jedi?

In keeping with sounding like a grumpy Luddite festering in the corner of an old folks home (which I'm not honest)...here's some street art from Carlingford Rd of some TV stars from yesteryear, before telly was in colour, and a selfie meant a self addressed envelope

 

[velovoice]

@booze and cake
hmmm, I'll have a think. Life is very hectic at the moment...