Hi everyone !
Read all about it:
The Mayor of London’s weekend festival of cycling got off to a fantastic start when 50,000 amateur cyclists turned out to enjoy riding eight miles of car-free roads in the heart of the capital.
Nicole & I were up
early.
Just time to put on our Race Numbers on the bikes:
And leave Merryfield in time to catch the 09.02 Bickley
to Victoria train.
We were soon in Central
London; our first stop was for champagne at The Goring !
(#Just Joking !)
And then it was on to
join the course at Buckingham Palace.
No invite to coffee.
And no sign of the long
hoped for Knighthood, either !
Along the course it was
one London landmark after another.
The very well-known:
And the much more recent:
The course was gentle, the weather sunny, but not too hot.
Along the Embankment, Queen Victoria Street to St Paul's, then past the Bank of England to the Tower & then back along the Embankment to the finish in the Mall.
There was time in Green
Park for a well-deserved:
And of course a:
It was such a Good Day Out.
The camaraderie along the way.
And best of all: riding
together with the one they call the Golden Child !
Next year’s Prudential RideLondon festival will be on the weekend of Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August.
Nicole & I hope
that you will join us in 2014; promise.
Lord Ric
