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Ha ha... can you leave the soup out of this - it has a thread of its own.
I head down brixton rd, right at the war museum then over blackfriars and up to barbican. No one cycles this route - its like everyone keeps going and I turn off (obviously on their way to jobs far better than mine).

That's pretty close to my route from Brixton when I'm working that way... Ever tried going straight over instead of turning right at the museum, then Bayliss Road > The Cut > left onto Blackfriars Road?