Takes about seven hours in the saddle Watford to E3 - took towpath out to Baker Street, look at TFLS 'bikes on the tube' section for where you can take a bike (basically platforms without escalators mostly), tootle to watford, through a huge park which is only populated by 340 women with prams, a bit spooky, then down the towpath. Usual deaf old towpath people - they are moved around the country in a minibus and positioned in my path, obstruction. 'havent you got a bell?' 'well I thought the thing I was ringing for the last 20 minutes was, apparently it is two miniature interconnected woks' then you're in some lovely countryside as the canal winds its way South - then you get to somewhere in Middx and smell the samosas - time to tootle through lovely Southall. It makes for a fascinating day out. No punctures, had a delicious picnic lunch, all in all about 55 miles of cycling. So not a really long distance one, but being offroad and bumpy did take from 8.30 - 5. Arriving in Little Venice was ace. First pic - three of my favorite forms of transport. Last but one - ladbrooke Grove where the Clash come from. Seemed rather nice actually. Still, not a proper punk band like The Council. 4th pic - a miniature canal sysem! last pic - a nice canal bridge over nth circular. If you can ride one and havent got one then you're not properly alive. Bikes are wonderful. Yes!
Takes about seven hours in the saddle Watford to E3 - took towpath out to Baker Street, look at TFLS 'bikes on the tube' section for where you can take a bike (basically platforms without escalators mostly), tootle to watford, through a huge park which is only populated by 340 women with prams, a bit spooky, then down the towpath. Usual deaf old towpath people - they are moved around the country in a minibus and positioned in my path, obstruction. 'havent you got a bell?' 'well I thought the thing I was ringing for the last 20 minutes was, apparently it is two miniature interconnected woks' then you're in some lovely countryside as the canal winds its way South - then you get to somewhere in Middx and smell the samosas - time to tootle through lovely Southall. It makes for a fascinating day out. No punctures, had a delicious picnic lunch, all in all about 55 miles of cycling. So not a really long distance one, but being offroad and bumpy did take from 8.30 - 5. Arriving in Little Venice was ace. First pic - three of my favorite forms of transport. Last but one - ladbrooke Grove where the Clash come from. Seemed rather nice actually. Still, not a proper punk band like The Council. 4th pic - a miniature canal sysem! last pic - a nice canal bridge over nth circular. If you can ride one and havent got one then you're not properly alive. Bikes are wonderful. Yes!
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Actually there's a lot of logic in the Conditions of Carriage regarding bikes on LU. Can't take them on TUBE trains in tunnels. So you CAN go from Leytonstone to Epping. You can also take them on SURFACE trains anywhere outside of peak hours, so you CAN go Baker Street to Amersham. TUBE = tiny little underground trains, SURFACE = big underground trains (Met, District, Circle)
Indeed. London Underground is completely excellent. I hope I made that clear :)
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