Road position, Deptford Bridge, advice please.

I frequently find myself coming up to Deptford Bridge going West to East on the way home.

I'm either coming up from New Cross Road or turning left from Deptford Church street.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.474821,-0.021468&spn=0.003969,0.007671&z=17

If you know this road, it can be fairly busy and fast moving, at other times, there are long queues and frustrated drivers.

My problem is that I need to turn right soon after the junction with Greenwich high road, so I don't want to put myself in the left lane or I'll never get across to the outside. (streetview gives a good idea of the two lanes). So, I go to the outside lane as soon as possible.

But then I've got the trouble of cars right up my backside if I take the whole lane.

So I find myself riding along the dotted line trying not to get squashed by oncoming traffic and indicating/looking over my shoulder frequently so they hordes of mopeds and bikes don't try and overtake me as I slow down to turn right.

Is there a better way for me to do this?

If you've ridden with me, you'll know that I'm as assertive as the next guy. It's just that I've made a few silly mistakes this week, and hey, we could all use some help, right?

never been, but my advice, without reading the thread is to find a safer route.

i've been riding over twenty years, and it took me a good 15 to finally learn that an extra mile of safe riding is more fun than going the way of the dodo.