On Sunday, motorised traffic was banned for 14Km of roads in the centre of London and over
30,000 38,000 cyclists of all ages piled in to enjoy the experience. It is the first time this has been done -
Hovis sponsored it and gave away sandwiches to everyone, lots of other stuff being handed out too, the favourite objects of munificence were cycle water bottles, all gratefully received. I laughed out loud when I got one from Thames Water. It
leaked. So did the second. You couldn't have made it up.
There was a real party atmosphere and it showed just how many people could move about freely and safely and with no more pollution than the odd burst of methane. More photos
here.
Other
cyclists went too.
Onionbagblog report here
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post a commentExcellent, I assumed you'd be there. Sad that I missed it.
Do like the Thames water bottle story too!
It is a nice photograph. The lady looks like she had fun. Interesting that it is the first one held.
We had a great day - my Thames water bottle leaked too...!
Thames Water bottle that leaked? What a surprise!
Oh the irony.. we dropped our bottle back where we picked it up.
Great day, shame about the crossing points - just too many I felt.