Prudential Ride London

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