We were up at seven and on a train from Walton by 8:10. This meant we were at waterloo by 8:45 giving us plenty of time to get to paddington. We went via Horse Guards Parade and through the parks. You can see in the photo how nice and quiet and tourist free it is at that time. We caught our Bristol train in plenty of time. First mini incident occured as we left the station as we realised Steves real light bracket had fallen off. Soon had it repaired and under way. Followed an old disused rail line and got to cycle a huge rail tunnel. Passed an old mine beside the line too. Encountered our first bloomin hill as we entered Pucklechurch where I am now sitting having lunch in a pretty churchyard.
I have started using 'Sports Tracker' which plots details of our journey using GPS. You can see the various stages by going to www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/Gebbly/
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"Rear" brake light. I spotted it as we walked through Bristol station after a piece came off and bounced into the wall. Walking back I found the rest of it still on the train still standing in the platform!
After fixing, it still hasn't given problems. I presume it was bumped hard by someone else's bike since at Paddington about 8 people with cycles turned up to use the 6 slots available in the train's compartment!
More pics from the day:
Day 1
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