Saturday Ride July 17th

Today Tony H. led an excellent ride around London to visit the new Olympic Games site. We met at Waterloo at 10am. We came our various routes so as not to have too many bikes on one train. I got my train from West Ewell - and I had the only bike at that time! We were 18 in our group; and Eric did a grand job of back-marking us. We came out of Waterloo Station, turned left and went straight across the road along the Thames. We made our way to Tower Bridge passing busy Borough Market on our left. We weaved about and eventually came to our coffee stop at the Thames Barrier. After a leisurely drink and snack sitting outside the Barrier cafe, we continued to Greenwich. As the lift was broken, we decided to take the ferry across the water. After disembarking Tony consulted his map and we cycled along the Green Way. (I did wonder if the name had been taken from Dieppe's Avenue Verte). After this disused railway line we arrived at the Olympic site. It looks quite something. The main stadium is up and work is being done on the landscaping. After milling about there for a while, we continued back to Tower Bridge to our lunch stop at a Wetherspoons there. Our route included cycling along the new blue painted Cycle Highway 3. After a late lunch, Tony cycled back with some of the group while others made their way back to Waterloo Station. A very interesting and enjoyable ride with good weather.

Lynda.

Author: Pete