I went out on my bike today. Just me, so I decided to have a bit of an explore of some routes around London I want to work out with no time pressures.
It’s funny how I am so much more confident these days exploring new routes by bike than by car. It’s probably because it’s so easy when you get lost or end up on a dual carriage way to hop off a bike and become a pedestrian for a few metres until you find a cycle friendly way through or consult the map.

I got a bit lost going backward and forward looking for the ‘back street’ route to Regents Park but the signage kept taking me to the canal which is best avoided on a Sunday, unless you want to walk. I made it in the end, only cycling the wrong way up one one-way street. After a part lap of the park I took the faster return route towards Hyde Park and discovered slightly better signage, which doesn’t leave you abandoned in the middle of nowhere, and that ‘the fast’ routes are no more scary than the so called quiet ones. That’s what exploring is all about.

Not the fastest of rides because of navigation issues, some busy routes with tourists and strong cross winds on the few nice quiet stretches of open road I tried to race down.

Janathon day 11.
17.2 miles cycled.