Tube strike, London

Only about twice as bad as 5pm on a normal day. Some of the roads were chocca this evening but it was still a nice enough ride

My ride home was remarkably free of traffic, clearer than usual in fact.

I got a hole in my smug trousers after getting a second puncture of the day and having to push my bike the rest of the way home.

The part I did cycle (the busiest part as that's how sod's law works) was far busier than normal but everyone was actually being more courteous which was nice.

Bring forth the stryclists.

I need to get to Waterloo, should be fun.

Bring forth the stryclists.

Gah. Send them back underground!!!!

One fellow almost got twatted by a bus just by the Old Vic. Went haring off at the wrong green light towards the Cut straight into the line of traffic coming side on. 8-9 other started following then realised their grave grave error.

Love sheep

Saw two near misses on my way in, both due to people trying to turn in to/across the car park that was Essex road. Used my bell with abandon on Torrington place due to peds just casually strolling in to the road. Lovely day for a strike though, felt all the smugs passing all the cars.

Think its natural selection day, to day for peds must look at map on phone must not look where I'm going.

also: +1 the strikers. fuck TfL, illiberal cunts.

+1

This image seems suitably apocalyptic, where is it from?

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Nice morning for it too.

Given the unusually low cycle storage occupation at work this morning I suspect most people have taken the opportunity to 'work from home' whether they get the tube or not.

Lord of the Rings, isn't it? No idea which one though.

I thought it was an actual photo of Kings Cross

Maybe this evening, the lighting's wrong...

Thought it was London Bridge

Shop in a branch of Upper Crust and the resemblance is complete.

Tru dat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/11728178/Tube-strike-Queues-fights-and-chaos-in-the-capital-in-pictures.html?frame=3369478

The second one - Two Towers. That's the battle at Helm's Deep.

"Oh, the tube's not running. I know, I'll drive to work at my Central London job, nobody will have thought of that." Morons.

Ban single occupancy cars within the North/South Circular boundary.

I ran in (as I do quite often on a Thursday). Didn't want to run but given the alternative was the train (which would be rammed way more than normal) it wasn't that hard a choice.

Saw quite a few people trying to get into Putney Bridge tube station blissfully unaware that there was a strike on. That's their day off to a good start.

Seemed to be a few more people than normal walking in, which is nice. Many more Boris/Ken/Jenny bikes than normal along Chelsea Embankment/Grosvenor Road/Millbank.

Faaaasands of people crossing Upper Ground (from Waterloo) to cross the river into town.

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