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When: Friday 02/12/10 8:00pm
Where: The Prince of Wales, 23 Bridge Road, Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 9EU. I will be riding down from the Battersea Arts Centre at Clapham Junction at 7:15 if anyone isn’t confident of finding it.
Route: Very similar to the one I posted up there^ somewhere but will most probably tweak a bit after I’ve tried it.
In short though, we’ll head to Kingston on the Hampton Court Road and past the Palace. Through Kingston to Richmond Park on the Kings road and then the Queens road which are aptly named but also the quickest. Ride clockwise round two sides of the park so we can stop by King Henry’s mount and catch a view of St. Pauls, I’ve not been at night but this is what it looks like in the day. We’ll leave the park by the Roehampton Gate and head to Putney via the Queen’s ride.
Once we’re over the river at Putney we need to head through the Royal Borough to the Albert Hall on the southside of the Hyde park, I’ve not worked out yet whether to take Lillie Road & Old Brompton Road / Fulham Road / Kings Road to get us east. I’ll probably pick the quickest once I’ve recce’d it but will head North on the Queensgate mews.
At that corner of Hyde Park there’s more royal stuff than you can shake a Sceptre at, Albert Memorial, Kensington Palace etc. Then on to Buckingham Palace via the South Carriage Drive through Hyde Park and Constitution Hill where you can pledge your allegiance to the Queen in whatever way you see fit. We can then go via Birdcage walk down Whitehall so we go past the House guard bit. The ride from this point will basically be who can get up Regent’s Street the quickest to Regent’s Park. If anyone can recommend a good pub round here I suggest we finish there. Roughly 18 miles in total which is just what you need on a Friday night to keep you out of the pub for at least a couple of hours and a nice scenic route into London.
I'd like to do the route fairly quick so maybe just one stop at Hyde Park where I'll be selling William and Kate commemorative chamois cream.
I'll get a mod to change the thread title.
Best,
Cv