Recently I rode a fixed gear to Ostende in Belgium and I almost blew my knees out. Despite the story having a happy return journey, I decided it was time to build something a bit more practical..
Margate To Bruges by bike, ish.
One of the biggest selling points of moving here was the ease of accessing the European mainland, and at the end of August I had a couple of days off to explore by bike.
Polished Turds - Lower Clapton to Erith
Cycling from The Hackney Marshes to Erith, via two Victorian Pumping Stations
About 2 hrs at a slow pace.
The East End of London has tons of walking routes in and around the various canals and the Thames. I did a little post about one of them here, but this time I wanted to see a bit more in a day and the best way to do that was to get my old bike out.