Comments on: Commuting Reconnaissance Trip

By: Josef

Josef — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:23:05 +0000

Hello! This would have been because of the Wednesday Morning Breakfast Club “gathering” on the other side of the river

No To the Bike Parking Tax ask Crossroads Rider

It is on again this Wednesday, just so you are informed, but not necessarily in that part of Westminster..

By: Big Betty

Big Betty — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:48:37 +0000

It was my first attempt to get into central London, I made it as far as Waterloo Bridge on Monday evening and planned to go the whole hog this morning but just couldn’t make it in the availble time frame.

I’ve been looking around for a suitable forum that might offer up tips on commuting routes but haven’t spotted one yet.

My route is Streatham to St Pancras hospital which is in the Mornington Crescent neck of the woods.

My plan was to take the A23 through Brixton and Kennington to Waterloo Bridge or cut down the A3 round Clapham and Vauxhall again to Waterloo Bridge. Then its round Aldwych, up Kingsway, round Russel Square and up and over to Eversholt St allowing me to cut across to some potential bike parking spots around Mornington Crescent. It seems fairly straight forward north of the river but then I have no idea how congested it is.

I do like your bailing out story and supermarket car parks sound like a very good option.

By: Highwaylass

Highwaylass — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:49:11 +0000

Is this your first venture into the capital on the bike? The first time I tried riding to work it was so overwhelming I bailed out at Finchley Road, left the bike in Sainsbury’s car park and finished on the the Jubilee Line. Try watching Mad Max 2 a few times to get your head in the right place

…but seriously, where are you trying to get to and from (general proximity rather than stalker-inviting details, obviously..)? I know some good traffic-dodging routes north of the river and maybe others will chip in too.