1st-time London visitors seek fun, culture and bikes.

But considering Port Talbot has a population of about 87 I'd say the figures are pretty alarming. And before you ask, yes I have been there, it's a fucking hole!

It's Bridgend that has the suicide cluster, not Port Talbot.

Go to St James's park, and if you're lucky you'll see a pelican feed itself a duck

It's Bridgend that has the suicide cluster, not Port Talbot.

Same thing, still only what, 10miles away?

Go to St James's park, and if you're lucky you'll see a pelican feed itself a duck

Ha! Love to see that

My bad. Most people on here don't seem to venture more than 20k from their door.
With only 2 weeks though I'm not sure they'd be making it too far from London unless they're going to use the trains rather than cycle?

I'll be making my first visit to Wales in a couple of weeks..
http://www.cyclosportives.co.uk/devilHome.htm

be ready some serious climbs mate. devils staircase is a killer (literally) and watch out for the sheep on the road it makes for an interesting collision.

Don't feed the squirrels. It encourages them to associate humans with food too closely, this encourages them to become aggressive

Don't feed the sheep Hippy

Don't fuck the sheep Hippy
;-)

go to hyde park and feed the squirrels...

to a dog.

Check out Trainline and grab a cheap ticket to Bath/Cambridge/Oxford and do that for a day. get out to the countryside, as long as you are back by 7ish you will miss the orks and witches.
Entertainment wise - you're best bet is one of the drinks and asking for bars/gigs/poetry/theatres etc.. saying that Time out isn't bad

be ready some serious climbs mate. devils staircase is a killer (literally) and watch out for the sheep on the road it makes for an interesting collision.

Meh.. didn't you know I'm a svelte climbing super machine?
I spit on these lowland climbs! ;)

Am I really not allowed to fuck the sheep?

Go to St James's park, and if you're lucky you'll see a pelican feed itself a duck

'twas a pigeon.

Terrible, terrible story. The animal kingdom should be like this:

Not, this:

I agree that there are some very beautiful places outside of London, and a trip to the UK would be limited w/o venturing outside of the capital. But flaming people on a LONDON fixed forum for answering a question about what to do on a trip to LONDON seems a bit rich.

Any salt and vinegar to go on those regional chips?

who flamed anyone. i merely said take a look outside london aswell.
and who said anything about going to my region. :P

Yes! Squirrel chat...

I agree that there are some very beautiful places outside of London, and a trip to the UK would be limited w/o venturing outside of the capital. But flaming people on a LONDON fixed forum for answering a question about what to do on a trip to LONDON seems a bit rich.

Any salt and vinegar to go on those regional chips?

they do do better chips outside London.

Hehe

eat some of our chocolate
ride our roundabouts
get lost in any / all of the following city centres: london, oxford, edinburgh, bath.
drink warm beer on a cold wet summer's evening
play cricket
eat chips with everything
marvel at the unintelligibility of our regional accents
generally bask in our britishness ;-)

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/

Not as well know a museum but worth a look. Information form thousands of years ago up to the present day. Excellent museum.

+1 to getting out of London too. The UK is not just London despite what many tourist and even many London residents would have you believe..

What the fuck are you talking about? There's something outside the city? I don't believe it. Wasn't it all destroyed in the nuclear wars? There's just mutants out there, I'm telling you.

Don't go out of the city and whatever you do, don't stray from the path....

There's more outside London? Nobody told me about Zone 7.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for replying! Sounds like you all (I'm trying to train myself not to say "y'all." I'm not originally from the south.) know how to have a good time. I wish I could answer to you all but as it's 8am here, I need to rock the pedals and get to work. But don't worry, we won't spend the whole time in London. Week two includes a trip out to Oxford for a wedding, a stay with the happy couple in York, a trip to Stone Henge and likely plenty of time to spin around the countryside. We want to go to Brighton but we don't know if we'll have time. Ok. Off to work!

There's just mutants out there, I'm telling you.

It's true.

I live in Peterborough and chock full of mutants - ugly, ugly mutants.

I hate it here.

Meh.. didn't you know I'm a svelte climbing super machine?
I spit on these lowland climbs! ;)

Am I really not allowed to fuck the sheep?

yer i heard that. i assumed all this talk of fat was a bit like lockstock and said purely as a joke about you being super skinny.
better get on those carbs before you go you'll need them. from what i remember theres a pub about half way round :P

you will need special discompensation from the welsh tourism and leisure board before you try anything with a sheep. you can find them in the field wearing oversize boots and velcro gloves normally.

We want to go to Brighton but we don't know if we'll have time.

There's a forum ride to London's famous Brighton on August 2nd, see here. Should be a good day out, and coincides with Brighton Pride, when everything gets a bit queer around here.

Don't go to stonehenge. its rubbish. Go to avebury ring and walk the causeway instead.

wales is that green bit with all the trees with the hills

and rain and bad food and racism and horrible people and The Nothingness..

Wales is a great place to go as it makes you realise how much you love London

if you only have 1 week in the UK, don't bother with anywhere that far out, there's nicer countryside in hampshire, kent and sussex.