Mice Log What am I doing getting up when it's -1 Outside

Sunday London Ride Date 90. 33.20 miles in 3hr 29 mins, ave speed 9.5 mph max speed 20.7mph on the Marin

-1 is cold.  I kept hoping the temperature would at least climb up to 0 degrees by the time I got out of bed but it didn't.  I reached for the most technical items in my cycling wardrobe - Merino baselayers, Assos jersey and Gore jacket, with jeans and Gore over trousers.  Not forgetting two pairs of socks, two pairs of gloves and two buffs.

Result! This worked all day - providing I wasnt immobile in the shade.

Off to Hyde Park Corner to meet five other cyclists - marvellous and kind people two of whom had travelled from Luton.  We headed eastwards with Greenwich as our destination.

Down to Parliament Square and over Westminster Bridge to cycle along NCN4 (National Cycling Network 4) which travels along the Thames.  The signage is a bit rubbish from time to time, often includes flights of stairs and indeed raised pavements.

We passed a lock that has floating house boats for birds!

 And a pub where Sir Paul McCartney had visited

There is something about cycling in London. The architecture, the people just going about their business, how you see things from a completely different angle, so uniquely - a cyclists view. And in great company.

We reached the Maritime Museum Brewery for lunch.  It really does brew its own beer (if you are into beer).  It was a real amble about, followed by great banter and catching up with fab peeps.