Tuesday, June 19, 2007
London to Paris - Day One
Well, I eventually arrived at my hotel in Greenwich. The journey here made a mockery of 'red Ken's' transport for London policy. Jo gave me a lift to Ipswich station where I caught a delayed train to Stratford. The guard forgot about me, and more importantly my bike stashed in the guard's carriage. Luckily I had foresight to keep my carriage door open so they had to come and get my bike before the train could leave. Next problem was the DLR. Strictly no bikes allat this point I met up with Dave Patterson a fellow traveller and we tried to get the Jubilee Line instead. No bikes.. Brilliant, so much for green public transport. Anyway, after dragging our bikes and heavy bags on the Hammersmith and the East London tube lines, we got a mainline train to Blackheath thn walked to the hotel.
Anyway we're here now, and I'v regimentaly got my gear together for tomoorow. We have breakfast at 5 so we can set off at 6am. Time now for a carbohydrate fix at the local Italian Ristorante.
Learning point for the day... If you're planning on going to the olympics in 2012, go in your car not on your bike...
Picture is of Dave my fellow nutter cycling to Paris... Nervous, nah...
