This Wednesday's Pedal Power Kennington ride, with a trio of Lilian Baylis pupils, took a twisting backstreets route (stopping to check out the fencing in Tabard Street made from wartime stretchers) to suddenly emerge by the Thames, equidistant between Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf
The riders were really looking forward to taking the ferry across to Canary Wharf so we continued along National Cycle Network route 4, stopping briefly by the
Brunel Museum above the Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel under a river anywhere in the world.
We went through the foyer of the Hilton Hotel opposite Canary Wharf to the jetty for the Thames Clipper ferry. The view of Canary Wharf from the ferry (which easily had
room for all our bikes) is fantastic, as is the short crossing itself.
(photo
Hamish2k under Creative Commons)
Our route home was along the
bizarre Cycling Superhighway 3, followed by the usual getting lost through the City of London en-route to Cycling Superhighway 7 and back to base.
Once again all the riders really enjoyed the ride, amazed and delighted to discover the wonders within easy pedal power from Kennington.
