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Sunday 13 June 2010

London to Sidmouth



Vanessa and I were 'panniered up' for cycling from our house to Banbury railway station early in the morning. We went to London for a poetry show at the Southbank. In London the cyclists have some attitude!

London Eye (Big Ben in background)

Next day we cycled round St James Park, Green Park and through Hyde Park to Paddington. A motor cycle convoy with a very posh vehicle came by and Camilla Parker Bowles waved at Vanessa.

In Paddington station we got 20 tickets to go to Banbury via Exmouth!

A Handful of Tickets

We cycled from Exmouth to Sidmouth climbing Peak Hill (above 150 metres altitude). Vanessa climbed the hill ,but I conked out 50 yards before the brow. The owners of  The Salty Monk gave us champagne for achieving the feat!

On the way back in Exmouth we saw a blown down tree left for the children to climb on.




We went on disused railway cycle routes half the time. We dodged the old age drivers the other half of the time.

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