Friday, 31 October 2008

Its Halloween

There will at long last be a new post on here, post CM Halloween ride in London Town.
Well what a great ride that was.
First off the weather, cold yes, but not wet.
Second up, no police which I must confess does make me feel somewhat uneasy, but the ride was suberbly marshalled and one of the best CMs I have been on.
First the ride stayed south of the river, out to Elephant & Castle before turning round and heading back towards the East and crossing the river at Southwark Bridge.
The ride meandered its way further to the east, with many believing Canary Warf was the destination. After a breif stop at Spitalfields market the ride headed out of town on the A10 and out to the Abney Park cemeteryin Stoke Newington. At that time I dont think many of the riders had a clue where they were at. I know I was lost and along with a few others stood around waiting and wondering what to do.
Fortunatly there was one of Britannias finaest along on the ride, a Paramedic on bike. It was his patch and he knew the way home, at least to the station at Tower Hill.
'Follow me' he cried, and we did like the pied piper leading the children.
Fantastic night out, if you ride a bike and are close to London get along to a CM, last Friday of the month on the Southbank by the National Film Theatre for 7pm.
http://www.archive.org/details/cm31-10-08

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