Croydon to the Strand and tour of central London to St Pancras
We will ride into central London on quiet roads. We will take a more cumulatively scenic way than before through Tooting Bec Common and then ride through Clapham and north Lambeth, Vauxhall, to the Strand. If it is dry we will lunch outdoors at tables on the Riverside Terrace just off Waterloo Bridge and can buy food and drink at Tesco Express, Pret, Leon, Caffè Nero and carry it 150 yards to the tables. If those tables are unavailable we will use the seating in front of Somerset House and Kings College. In either case we will have our bikes in sight. If it is wet we can decide to lunch in Cafe Nero or in the charmingly ramshackle Hotel Strand Continental, which has a lounge and serves cheap Indian lunches.
After lunch we will go on a tour of Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia and Regents Park and Camden Town and Regents Canal to St Pancras. The ride ends at St Pancras station.
You are welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the ride. To find out where we are at lunch time join the Croydon Social Cycling WhatsApp group with this link https://chat.whatsapp.com/BTTFevjD5rf5bBZLs5eU9N
The ride starts at Queens Gardens CR0 1GY at 10am. We will reach the Strand by 11.45 and set off again at 1:15.
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The ride in Central London might take up to an hour. So we will finish at 2:15pm
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The first section to the Strand is 13.5 miles and the section to St Pancras is 6.5 miles, totalling 20 miles of riding.
You will need a bike lock if we lunch indoors.
Please bring a spare inner tube.