Tell us about your weekend ride

Have to say, it's been a while since I've headed North East out of London and it's still as vile as it ever was. That drag from Lee Bridge Road to the other side of High Beech especially notable for utter c**ts who have no concept/respect for speed limits. How people regularly go for Epping spins after work is baffling.

Turn off the main drag earlier. E.g. turning down Whitehall Road, right onto Forest Side, left then right near Chingford station down Bury Road then onwards to Upshire or wherever. But generally learn ways of getting off the main drag earlier and staying off it as much as possible!

I was out last night and went out via Buckhurst Hill, which means you turn off Woodford Green High Road before it becomes Epping New Road and miss the worst of it. I came back down Epping New Road from just south of Epping but that was much later - 8.30 ish - and by then it is a lot quieter, plus I detoured off to High Beech on the way back. Strava so you can see what I'm on about:
http://www.strava.com/activities/154815506

I still had some knob on a motorbike go past me at (literally) about 100mph doing a wheelie on the second stretch before Buckhurst Hill, but I think that was actually partly because it was so quiet - there was no other traffic down that stretch at the time - and long straight quiet road + knob on motorbike = twattishness.