The real start…

So, an early start and by that I don’t mean the cycling. Normally it’s at least a week in before I’m doing Debbie Tech Support. Not this time, 3am day 3 (okay I was already awake) in order to fix a printer on the other side of the world.

Anyway I started out at 5am discovering that some of London’s “bike paths” were designed by people who hated cyclists, or thought an obstacle course would keep cyclist mentally agile. Also after yesterday’s balmy 28 C , it was 6 C in the morning so a slight change of clothing needed.

This little green hut is only one of the few left in London, a whole bunch of them were built in the early 1900s to provide shelter and food for London’s Cabbies – And to keep them out of the Pub. Now just 13 remain, But it certainly serves a good, cheap and large egg and bacon sandwich.

After some 40 kilometres I had passed thru London and set about enjoying the camel and bike paths. And the scenery changed from this

To this

By the Way. – did I mentioned that this year’s theme is Waterways