2009-12-05 Sat - Dockyards, ghetto alleys, foot tunnels, skyscrapers and more! 3

Greetings folks,
Thanks a lot to the 10 or so who turned up for this one in such awful weather.
Thanks for your pm John - er this is what happened to me....
We were up on that high bit above Barbican and I was at the back. I accelerated to catch up and I don't know if it was just me but I found up there incredibly slippery.... Well I crashed trying to catch the tall lad at the back. By the time I got myself together, you were all gone. I asked a few people if they had seen cyclists but to no avail.
So I cycled up top for a bit looking out over the edges but hey - so it goes.
I went to street level then headed home along London Wall.
Feeling battered and bruised, but these things will heal.
Bike making lots of creaking noises on way home. Looked at it yesterday and waterbottle cage and one of its bolts broken and back wheel not too happy. Off bike until get it checked over and hip stops aching.
Your chance for a good laugh at my expense here - when I got home and took off my kit, I noticed that I had dog shit all over my bag, shorts, coat and shoes - mmnn nice.
So shit happens, but give thanks anyway for a lovely ride.
Peace and Love,
Tim

Sorry to hear that, Tim. The last glimpse I had of you, you had stopped to adjust your "sainsburys hat".

Hope the bike, and more importantly you, have no serious damage.

That surface was WELL slippery. I have got skinny tyres and they were pumped up to about 120 psi. I would feel them slide, then lock into a new groove on those groovey tiles.

You back on your bike yet?