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Wheelers Photography Ride
14 April 2010

This ride was supposed to be a photography competition. For whatever reason, there were only four of us on that day: Peter, Geoff, Dave and Bob. But because not many riders turned up, we decided to skip the competition part.

Peter gave us a list containing 18 spots to take photos. Dave and I spent about 15 minutes planning a route that would take us round most of the photo locations. Location boundary was between Stratford and Pimlico, with all locations north of the Thames. Several locations were ditched because we couldn't make head or tail out of them. We went off on our way with Peter and Geoff tailing us from time to time.

A quick run down of the places we did:

Northwards to Columbia Rd to find a large "123" sign, which was eventually located on Bethnal Green Road. Then southwest towards St Mary Axe to find the church and the gherkin. Into the City to see the fountains at Somerset House, followed by the red phone boxes opposite Charing Cross station. Off to Trafalgar Square for the 4th Plinth, which currently has a statue of Sir Keith Park on it. Curiously, we didn't see any Number 15 Routemasters until we got lucky and found one hiding in a back lane towards Whitehall. It was then down Whitehall -- the Olympic venue for beach volleyball. Heading towards Westminster and some creative camera positioning to frame Big Ben and Westminster Tube Station in the same picture. A picture of Boudicca near Westminster Bridge and it is back towards Tower Hill along the Embankment. The final photo on this route is the St Katherine's Doc sundial, framed to include Tower Bridge in the background.

At the end of the ride, we rode across Tower Bridge and had a picnic at Potter's Field. All in all, an interesting ride across London with plenty of sunshine and clear skies.

Bob

Pics by Bob

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