2024 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Chargeride]

I thought London bridge was in Arizona

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I thought London bridge was in Arizona

The old one for sure!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Twelve Bridges of London (Sunday ride)

I added the twelfth bridge (Wandsworth) to my portfolio. The weather was just gorgeous! The ride was much more organised than it was on Saturday, and I was hardly using any navigation. 20 miles this time.

 

[Chargeride]

Weather is amazing down here in the SW, 20 degrees C today.

 

[Chargeride]

My friend Brain has bought himself the Insta360 X4, we are both confused by its 99 overlapping settings, finally got one 16 second video out of it.

 

[Mulezen]

I thought London bridge was in Arizona

It fell down

 

[Mulezen]

I took my last ride for a few weeks (hand surgery tomorrow).
The 15 miles carried me silently past this crowd of unsuspecting
gravid Black Angus...or for the riders from town…big deer.
The historical sign would be news to Virginia’s Governor Youngkin.

 

[Twin Valley]

And put up in Lake Havasu City Arizona at least that's what it says when we pedalled across a couple of winters ago

 

[Stefan Mikes]

It fell down

Where is this news from?

 

[Mulezen]

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Nursery rhyme
"London Bridge Is Falling Down"
Illustration from Walter Crane's A Baby's Bouquet (c. 1877)Duration: 20 seconds.0:20
Published	c. 1744
Songwriter(s)	Unknown

"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It deals with the dilapidation of London Bridgeand attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it.

 

[Chargeride]

Have you visited the entrance to the original bridge Stefan.

That was one crackers bridge.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Have you visited the entrance to the original bridge Stefan.

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That was one crackers bridge.
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It's a pity we have no idea how the Roman London Bridge looked like! I absolutely agree the medieval London Bridge was exceptional.
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I have got totally used to the left-hand traffic as a cyclist. I now realise how complex city London is, and that you can get completely lost there. For instance, I wanted to continue along the river past Vauxhall but got diverted SW to South Lambeth On the other way, the return from Wandsworth to Southwark turned out to be easy and fast!

London cycling, Southwark Street.

The Shard is an excellent landmark, seen from many places of the city.

 

[Chargeride]

So much of the classic London landmarks the world knows are simply retro builds.
Tower Bridge is only 130 years old.
Present Houses of Parliament is only 150 years old.
My mums house is 110 years old.
When Trump was born, Tower Bridge was only 55 years old.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

So much of the classic London landmarks the world knows are simply retro builds.
Tower Bridge is only 130 years old.
Present Houses of Parliament is only 150 years old.
My mums house is 110 years old.
When Trump was born, Tower Bridge was only 55 years old.

I think Tower of London is really old. St Paul's Cathedral dates post the Great Fire. On the other hand, you can hardly find anything older than 1945 on the left bank Warsaw...

P.S. Albert Bridge dates back to 1873!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Have you visited the entrance to the original bridge Stefan.

Thank you so much, Chris!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

A shopping mall built under Queen Elizabeth I and refurbished under Queen Victoria Went there to buy a new suitcase but £1,250 was slightly above my pay grade

 

[JGcycle]

A couple of pics from today's 23km ride:

 

[Chargeride]

Hang on, Ive seen that shelter before.

 

[Chargeride]

Being watched in Totnes.

 

[JGcycle]

Hang on, Ive seen that shelter before.

Yep, just from a different angle.