East Beers - Wednesdays - The Chesham Arms E9 6DU

Westbourne Park Rd is W2, about 7 or 8 miles away. We're not doing the A40, that would be insane. Probably go down the Hipster Spice Route, through soho/noho or oxford street, bayswater, notting hill.

Laura from BFF has asked me to lead out the ride from Tour de Ville tomorrow so I figured I'd better be prepared.

I did a reccy tonight for the route down on my way home. I know it's within London's famous London and not in the far flung back blocks of Kent or wherever, but when I looked at the map there is no obvious and direct yet pleasant route.

The options were as I saw it:

1. go Clerkenfix road, oxford street, bayswater etc. Easy but oxford street really does suck arse.
   
2. go via essex road, angel, A501 past Kings Cross & Euston, turn off near Paddington, down to Bayswater etc. The A501 (I thought this was the A40) is poxy as.
   
3. Go via Camden and Regents Park, onto the A501 for about 1-2mins and then turn off towards Paddington, down to Bayseater blah blah. I have directish route from London Fields to Camden without having to go up through Holloway and back down again.
   
   

So, the route from London Fields to Camden:

1. ride down path towards Richmond Rd, past Pub on the Park
   
2. turn left on to Richmond Road
   
3. turn right on to Kingsland Road
   (note Dalston Lane 1 way in wrong direction, Forest Road blocked off)
   
4. turn left on to Balls Pond Road
   
5. straight on to St Pauls Road and Highbury Corner
   
6. At Highbury Corner take 2nd exit on to Upper Street
   
7. take first right on to Laycock Street
   
8. straight on to Offord Road
   
9. turn right on to Caledonian road
   
10. turn left on to Brewery Road (Eagle Pub)
    
11. straight on to Agar Grove
    
12. turn right on to Murray Street (The Murray Pub)
    
13. turn left on to Camden Road
    
14. I was gonna stop the directions here but go hard or go home I guess.
    Camden to Destination:
    
15. Bear left on to Bayham street
    
16. turn right on to Pratt street
    
17. straight on to Delancy Street
    
18. turn left on to Parkway
    
19. turn right into Gloucester Gate
    
20. turn right on to Outer Circle (Regents Park)
    
21. straight on to Baker Street
    
22. turn right on to Marylebone Rd A501
    
23. turn left on to old Marylebone Road
    
24. straight on to Sussex Gardens
    
25. bear left on to Westbourne street,
    
26. turn right on to Bayswater Road
    
27. turn right on to Pembridge road (at roundabout take 2nd exit, Pembridge Road)
    
28. turn left on to Chepstow Crescent
    
29. straight on to Ledbury Road
    
30. Left on to Westbourne Park Road
    2 secs to Destination! No. 215.
    
    

We don't have to do this of course, open to suggestions.