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Cycling diary: Day 5.5

posted by [personal profile] purplecthulhu at 02:03pm on 20/09/2006
About 55 minutes door-to-door this morning, but this was via a different route and there is much room for improvement!

The new route came from the TFL website (thanks to [livejournal.com profile] brixtonbrood who I think pointed me to it), and is radically different from the route I was using. It goes via the City, Fleet Street (for a little while) and St James' and Green Park to get to Hyde Park. The routing you get from TFL comes on aout 12 pages and since I don't have a printer at home I didn't follow it religiously this morning. I will print it out this at work for use on the way home.

Greatest aspect of this new route - it doesn't use New Oxford Street. Its also meant to take 36 minutes door-to-door, which would be a great iprovement! Since I faffed a fair bit this morning, I think that may well be possible. We'll see how things go tonight.
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posted by [identity profile] brixtonbrood.livejournal.com at 01:48pm on 20/09/2006
I'm not surprised they came up with something interesting - it's strange how wrong the georgaphical intuitions of even the most experienced Londoner can be.
Regardless of how long it takes, St James' and Green Park sound like a very civilised way to go, not to mention safer and better for your lungs.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 02:10pm on 20/09/2006
Interestingly the homeward route they suggest is significantly different, and includes Old Street, though not New Oxford Street, I'm pleased to say.
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posted by [identity profile] vicarage.livejournal.com at 02:34pm on 20/09/2006
In my experience, the pleasanter the route, the more likely you are to take it. Its well worth having different routes there and back for variety. I guess the Strand will become your bete noire now. Embankment could nice for cycling
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 03:02pm on 20/09/2006
The Strand wasn't so bad this morning, apart from roadworks. It has the advantage over New Oxford Street of not being a bus station in all but name.

I think the Embankment has too many cars going too fast, but have yet to try it.

Useful factoid - the routes are slightly different lengths, but it works out as about 10.5 km there and back ie. about 6.5 miles.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 03:07pm on 20/09/2006
Well done :-)
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