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Me on my Venom and the missus on her Gazelle went on the wheel-tracks of Jack's Escape to Cookham Island (http://lostlanes.thebikeshow.net/routes/16EC/) and added a few miles on top of that.
We started on Sunday from Twickenham and went to Brentford Lock from where we jumped alongside the Grand Union Canal all the way to the 'start' of Jack's ride.\
From there we went to Cookham Island following his tracks and then we went back to Slough (via 'normal' road) to take a train to Ealing for a well deserved pizza at Santa Maria with some friends.
After being fully fed and enjoyed the evening with friends we hopped back on the now hurting saddle and head home in Twickenham for a nice hot shower and rest.
The following day we jumped on a train to Windsor and Eaton Riverside from where we rode via Sustran route 4 to Maidenhead and from there we followed the nice Green Way to Cookham (which, at one point, follows Route 50 which put us back on Jack's track we did the day before).
A stop for tea at Cookham and then we continued Jack's ride. We (not so) shamely pushed our bikes up the hill (it was hard even on foot!) and off we went thru the forest (lovely, although mainly on roads, some of which quite fast, but many of them very slow) and up and down a few hills (we had to push the bikes on a second steep one) until we reached the end of the ride in Slough, but we continued on Route 461 to Eton from where we crossed the river to reach the train station.
Hopped on the train back home from there.
Overall a very nice two-days ride, enjoyed the mostly traffic free ride and the amazing work Sustran is doing and has on the cycle network (albeit massively missing on proper commuter routes in and around cities.)
A few pictures:
Cookham Lock
Along the Jubille river
The Gazelle
The Venom loaded (who said racing cycles aren't good for touring?)
A few more here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anidel/sets/72157644128678429/