Waking up VERY early in the morning all excited to be going to the iBikeLDN East(er) Ride around the east side of London.
All ready, fuelled up & Bumble B was oiled up and almost scratching at the door to get on the road. I wasn't sure if I was going to ride all the way to the meeting point at
St. Paul's Cathedral, so we decided to head out early.
With Bumble B fully serviced and oiled up he ran like a dream, he felt so good I just kept going all the way to St.Paul's Cathedral in quick time so I was a very early. In fact I was the first one there >:D
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Bumble B close to St. Paul's Cathedral |
After about 30mins I saw a few of the LBC rolling up, a good turn out for the LBC as always. Exchanged our welcomes as always and I finally got the meet my cycling partner's new Ti Orange Brompton.
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A few of the LBC gang |
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St.Paul's |
iBikeLDN ride leaders calling everyone together for quick briefing in front of the Cathedral to the amusement of all the tourist in the around.
Saw a few other Bromptons & their riders that are not apart of the London Brompton Club and promptly invited them to the fold. One young lady even took a photo of Bumble B. He loves the attention.
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The gathering |
We headed off into the wilds of Central London passing though Guildhall, We actually did a few circuits. I think the tourist think we is pretty wacky and they are right, we are.
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Guildhall |
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Bumble B showing off his new yellow leather mud flaps |
Passing though central London we could see lots of building work going on. We passed The Pinnacle, The Shard, Lloyd's and probably lots of other buildings I don't know the names of.
Lots of construction going on in Central London's financial district
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Anne P with some of new friends |
Finally coming out of the city we rolled up towards The Tower of London & the Thames. One of the LBC's old haunting grounds on the LBC Triple Chaser. I think we maybe adding parts of the iBikeLDN Ride to this in future.
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Gathering near Tower of London |
We then continued on though a few parts of Docklands I haven't been to before. Stepping locks.
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After going under the Thames at the Greenwich Tunnel |
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The Cutty Sark |
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Bumble B & Cutty Sark |
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Swing Bridge |
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Tower Bridge |
Heading deeper into Docklands and some of the residential areas
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Mr. Orange just can't stop admiring his new Brompton |
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Dockside views |
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Dockside |
We then started to head towards Canary Wharf. At one of the security check points one of the guards gave me a "High 5" as he saw us coming though. Probably made his boring bank holiday weekend a little less boring when 100 cyclist rolled by.
I just loved how these 2 columns are sitting almost like a portal to another dimension, in Docklands looking towards Canary Wharf in the back ground.
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Canary Wharf |
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Bumble B making a new friend |
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Looking up The Thames |
This was the end of the iBikeLDN at a pub called 'The Angle' & a very enjoyable ride it was. I always look forward to the iBikeLDN rides
Afterwards a few of us wanted to get something to eat so we headed off into the direction of Tower Bridge and ended up at a place called Cafe Rouge where we had well earned meal and talked alittle before heading back to our homes.
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Earned a good rest |
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Nice and comfy |
Me and OrangeBrompton finally headed towards Oxford Circus where I decided to head towards Tottenham Court Road Station as Oxford Circus was abit crazy with people.
While I was heading down New Oxford Street I made a gruesome discovery..........
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