This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Have been tempted to head down the private road (St Marys Grove) at the bridge, coming out at Felsham road, though this is presumably into terrible traffic but might be nicer?!

Going between St Marys Grove and Dryburgh Road can't be done at much more than walking speed, but there's generally no problem going down St Marys Grove on a bike.

Those back roads in Putney can get a bit snarled up around school drop-off/pick-up times. There are primary schools on each of the E/W roads (Clarendon, Hotham/Lacy, and Felsham) which creates a clusterfuck of cars either side of 8.45am and 3pm.

If I were going from Roehampton to cross Putney Bridge I'd be heading up Roehampton High Street to Putney Heath, down the corkscrew that is Carslake Road, then Westleigh Ave, Genoa Ave, Holroyd Road, Howards Lane, Carmalt Gardens (since there's no right turn from Gwendolen Avenue), URR, 1st L into Charlwood Road, slowly past the Primary School*, through the fire access gate, past Hotham Primary, RimmL to continue down Charlwood, past St Mary's Primary, then either:

• SO into Biggs Row and then R onto LRR (ok when the traffic isn't too backed up, but can also be quite easy to filter past it all if the traffic is awful)
  
• R onto Felsham Road, through the barriers and then L onto Putney High Street (some people even ignore the one way bit of Weimar St to join Putney High Street after the traffic lights from Putney Bridge Road).
  
  

* There's a designated school street outside Our Lady of Victories Primary and Hotham primary schools. Cycling is permitted but you can't blast through there at full speed. At peak drop-off times the roads are littered with children enjoying the fact that there shouldn't be any cars on it at drop-off/collection times.