You are reading a single comment by @Dogs and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Dogs
Just to finish off “Dammit goes to Leith Hill”, I did a circuit of Summer Lightning which was fun- there’s a few bits of what I refer to in my head as “proper mountain biking”, steep, rooty, rutted and quite a challenge when taken fast.
Some of the gaps between signs were a little long but I always managed to pick up the route again.
Being an idiot I did not take any food with me so decided to get some at the tower cafe- this was an error. It took 40 minutes to get served and in that time I got really, really cold. The sausage roll was nice- although in one final and masterful bit of trolling they heated it to 2,500 degrees before handing it over so I got to sit there for another 40 minutes until it cooled down enough not to burn my mouth- which meant I had four dogs sat in an arc in front of me at one point waiting for me to give in and hand over my lunch.
I think it would be fun to ride to the tower, do the loop and then ride on- or possibly back to the car. Is there a route to the tower that is handily anchored at a car park?