After a long lunch, time to lose some calories. Most of these were removed pumping up the tyres ....
Sunday, June 17, 2012
June 16th
Saturday morning coffee at Moomba in Putney.
....then a long ride through Richmond Park (having to wait for deer to cross the road). Didn't have the camera, but a deer is a deer is a ....John and I then replaced the aforesaid calories.
This is the view from King Henry's Mound in Richmond park. If you look through the narrow gap in the trees you can see the dome of St Paul's cathedral (about 12 miles away). As St Paul's was built after Henry VIII lived, and there were no more Henrys, one wonders at the story that Henry had it built to see the view.
Sunlight (rare) in Richmond
We stumbled across a wedding and looked, but sadly, no Anne and Peter in the background.
This is the chauffeur whose Rolls nearly ran us down.
More calories at The Ship in Mortlake.
The road crew had some calories, then left in the Beamer. John and I had to finish the England-Sth Africa rugby game on the TV and then rode the last 15 km home, well and truly laden with calories.
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So great to see you all and great pictures! It's so light there and looks warm too. Keep up the great blogging! Love from JKEO xxxxx
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ReplyDeleteNow I'm on line I can properly comment. You should ride more and drink less. The chauffer looks like a young spitfire pilot.
ReplyDeleteThis looks terrific. Are you getting drunk all the time over there?
ReplyDeleteAlso, Blogger goes to extraordinary lengths to prevent you from making these comments, doesn't it?
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