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Abingdon Street (the road from Lambeth Bridge to Parliament Square) is a disgrace.

Going away from the bridge the road surface is a potholed mess, so you have to take the whole lane.

Going towards the bridge you run the risk of getting caught between the blast barrier and a bus trying for an unsafe overtake.

Given how heavily used it is by cycle commuters they really need to do something about it. The irritating gap between CS8 and the EW superhighway just makes its deficiencies more obvious.

I sent off my BCM payment a while ago - have others already heard if they have a space?

Paid the final installment of my fee for LEL this weekend so at least I know that one is OK!

You could always do a few DIYs. My last two going West have involved unplanned bridleways, and the A4 out of London.

On the other hand, calendar events sounds pretty good...

Hmm. So that's what the lady in the car was after when she gave me a flirty nudge with her bonnet on CS2.

If he made contact wouldn't you report it to the police as a hit and run?

At least that way they'll get penalised a whole morning of filling out forms. Punitive paperwork.

I missed Upper Thames. So far I'm down about £50 in entry fees this year thanks to last minute family commitments :-(

Crossed over with your reply while I was looking up model numbers for the wrong phone :-)

You can buy them, I did it last month.

Your Z3 might support AT&T LTE.

If it has a model number D6603 or D6643 it should be fine.

All models should support AT&T 3G and 2G.

To find the model number and name of your Xperia™ device

From your Home screen, tap the Application screen icon.
Find and tap Settings.
Tap About phone/tablet > Model number.

@hippy Why not just buy an AT&T pay as you go SIM*?

$45+tax from any AT&T shop, comes with 3gb of fast data and unlimited slow data.

Technically it's a subscription but service terminates at the end of the month without you doing anything. I've bought quite a few over the years with no issue.

Just make sure your phone is unlocked. UK galaxy S7 phones support AT&T 4G bands and are waterproof. Most phones should do 3G fine.

It's still worth carrying a UK SIM because the can roam onto any network so might sometimes get coverage where an AT&T SIM will ignore another network's signal.

*Verizon service is better in the middle of nowhere, but you need a Verizon specific phone for that.

The MGIF effect.

I was overtaken last weekend while doing 36mph in a 40 limit, descending on wet roads towards a queue of slower moving traffic.

Lots of people don't really think things through :-(

Anyone else doing the Upper Thames on the 5th of November?

Will be another stupidly early start. Wondering about driving out but tempted to do a DIY from home instead and save the petrol money.

Hmm. Is there any other accommodation along the route?

I like youth hostels but might detour for a premier inn or something.

I sent my entry for the bcm off today \o/

Eventually found my cheque book in a locked filling cabinet in a disused cubicle in the basement with a sign on the door saying "beware of the leopard."

Hope it still works!

I'll enjoy it just as soon as I get down to 70kg*.

*Which will be just as soon as beer stops tasting nice.

I'm quite tempted by the Pendle route, only I think I'll do it on my own so I can budget 6 days and actually enjoy it rather than grind myself to death on the hills!

You can avoid a lot of the crazy by turning left onto Atturbury Street then following John Islip Street, St John Smith's Square, Great College St.

It's not quite as quick as Millbank* but no left hook risks or ped crossings.

*Adrenaline makes you pedal faster.

I was in a bad place just before dawn on Sunday after too much cycling and not enough sleep, but comments like yours came to mind and I dug myself out of trouble.

Knowing that other people suffer with problems but manage to keep on going really helps put things in context. So thank you for sharing.

Rather than relying on an officer up the road they could put the cycling officer on an unrestricted electric bike, with hidden blue flashing lights and siren.

World be an ace sight to see a white van getting pulled over by a MTB that had chased it down at 50mph :-)

I had to drive in London today and I have a new empathy for taxi drivers. No amount of money could persuade me to drive on a regular basis.

I do agree that it all needs to be carefully considered but large private development does seem to be able to deliver things that small-scale development would find impossible - for example all the lovely car-free space at King's Cross.

As for tower blocks - if the choice if between super high density neighbourhoods (which you can walk or bike around) or losing more green space to expand the depressing suburbs then I'm all for tower blocks.

The more good homes, jobs, shops and attractions there are inside the circle line the more people will feel like living here rather than commuting in and blocking up the roads.

There are probably about 10-20 employees who would take this up, and I don't think we really want to own £10-20k worth of bikes. So we probably need an outsourced provided who can finance everything.

Our company doesn't have a cycle to work scheme, but I can probably get one pushed through* provided I can do the admin and it doesn't impact the balance sheet/company financials too badly.

Does anyone have a recommendation for the easiest way to offer the scheme?

If anyone has done "cost benefit analysis" type of thing for their employer and would be willing to share it that would be really useful.

*The boss wants to buy a new bike.

If only there was some other way to get to E&C which was faster, healthier, and used less road space per person than a taxi.

It is always interesting to talk to taxi drivers. My most recent driver was opposed to developing E&C because making it nicer will cause more people to go there and it is already too busy on the roads.