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but in other news, i went for a little ride round biggins hill and hayes today.
connected a few parks together, ignored a few no cycling signs, went slowly up some hills and fast down them. was a good day in the sun with some good pals.
stopped at this pub between the middle of the parks and all i can say is it felt very kent, i'd never drunk a half pint of cider so fast.
following this stop we took a detour to a brook down some paths which advised no cycling but i like to think "no cycling" stickers are for people in full lycra on drop bar weapons or down hill artilary pieces going 20mpg past some poor pomeranian, as none of us were on either it seemed perfectly ok to do. this risk was worth it to eat some gluten free pretzels in a sunny medow, although @launchpadboi was still feeling the effect of some [redacted] from a rather heavy night before and almost took out a couple of local conservative voters in a haze when joining the road.
following this, for fear we'd end up with some dehumanising headline in the local paper we made a quick getaway down the hill. for the first time in a good while i spun out my 11-30 on this, i felt like i was flying, god knows why anyone thinks they need more than a 36. I was only more sure of this opinion when we started climbing biggins hill and on the last kicker i was spinning out again, although at a far lower pace and decided to walk the rest.
the top is a lovely view i'm sure many of you have experienced and after a few pics we went back the way we came straight into croydon for a train home and a taco bell for my riding partner, more gluten free pretzels for me