Things went amazingly well up until the time we got to downtown London. We were following this amazing bike path map that was finding the best route from Heathrow to our campground. It took us an hour to get from Heathrow to downtown and that was 1/3 of the way and then it took us 7 hours from there to the campground!
We wandered, following the map, what appeared to be aimlessly crossing the Thames 4 times, 3X on bridges 1 on an underwater pedestrian tunnel. The tunnel was interesting because it had about 200 steps down and back out. Let me tell you, with 3 heavily loaded bikes, one of which was a tandem complete with trailer, this was not as fun as it could have been! Although how many people can say they've been at the bottom of the Thames and still be breathing!
We pulled into camp at about 10:15pm, set up our camp in the dark and then Rachel and I went to find food. Found a great little kabob place open at that time so had some yummy, if extremely spicy kabobs. No one was complaining...
It was a great experience because even though we weren't sure we were going to make it to camp but it was a wonderful experience as random Londoners helped us carry our bikes up and down the stairs and offer to give us directions. No one complained a bit and we made it, just a little late.
We also didn't have a lot of things go wrong that could have, we didn't have any technical problems with the bikes, we didn't get a flat, we did get through the tunnel, we didn't ever get lost and we got a tour of the city riding by Pariament, London Bridge, Tower of London, Chelsea Garden Show, Chelsea soccer stadium and a bunch of other awesomeness.
We are now in Greenwich waiting for a walking tour, life is good!
No comments:
Post a Comment