London

120 km ride from Cambridge into heart of London.  Rolling green farmland, increasing density of small villages (some with interesting names), found a delightful tea shop, then along canal paths to get us into the heart of the urban area.  Last 5+ km was full on urban street warfare.  London is as bike friendly as you can make a city of 10 million.  "Congestion Pricing" helps limit car traffic, and bike lanes are everywhere - the challenge is getting from where one bike lane peters out, to the next bike lane.  I suspect that a few days of getting familiar with the layout would make it much less hair-raising, and avoid events like Nate had:  missed the turn onto the "cycling superhighway" and ended up in a high speed tunnel with heavy traffic.  
Went to a London musical.  I gather that it was pretty good, and from the laughter must have been funny.  But, with my hearing, I had no idea what was going on.
One could spend a month here browsing through the museums.


A little toying with place names.



Thousands of barges.
Most with bicycles on them.
Most were in better shape than this bike.

Urban greenery.



 The British Museum.
2600 years ago, potty training was traumatic.
Surprisingly good picture for that long ago.


150th anniversary of women at University of London

The builders apparently annoyed the Russell Square HOA.
Appropriately so - building is ugly.
Lots of plaques on buildings, with historical facts about past residents.
Including, former resident of mistress of Duke somebody.

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