phew... the last leg, back from bo's to here, took me 55 minutes and was hard work, drunk as i was at the start of it... the entire day's journey looks like this... and was 29.78 miles long...
really cold feet by the time i got here around 12.20am, not something i felt today as i had even thicker socks on (yesterday i'd taken the precaution of wearing thicker than usual socks and they didn't quite cut it)... sadly these are the only really thick socks i have with no holes... methinks sock shopping is a priority, also cycling glasses, i've been finding it really tricky cycling south in the mornings on clear days... the sun low in the sky and really glaring me, particularly where the new arsenal stadium is being built the road is often wet and the combined sun & reflected sunlight is blinding... but also my eyes have been suffering with this cold, spski says it's the eyes drying out... so cycling glasses are another key item...
around lunchtime yesterday as i was beginning my journey west it was really grey still, but there was a line of blue sky on the horizon, framing st paul's and the barbican towers really nicely from the millenium bridge... by the time i got over to hyde park the sky had mostly cleared...
but back to the millenium bridge, it was lowtide and i had a bit of time free so i decided to go check out that wierd underworld right by southwark bridge on the north bank of the thames... but the wooden steps that i'd found a bit unsafe on my first visit there had completely come away from the stone... no way down... so i abandoned the lowtide concrete world for the day... 
instead i found myself getting off the bike in st james park and chilling out with the canadian memorial again, my thursday route takes me past it each week but i'm always in a hurry, i love it... the maple leaves, the running water... the geometric shape of it...
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