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added the last bit, although not sure if we went up Pomeroy or Kender St when we left the Montague - @rhowe: I forgot about rotherhithe new road! oops.
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yay! yes do it! no-one's picked up on mine. thought it was quite easy for locals, but it won't be that obvious for visitors... how well do you know cambridge? it's pretty central, anyway.

haha, I think, like the mid-20th century architectural icons, that new one might well be recognisable to a high proportion of people on here...
not back in london for a few days, have fun y'all.

The butterfly is a Cambridge Beauty on the side of the old public wash house on Wells Way wot runs through Burgess Park.

In a way it's a shame Joe.S didn't get that one as the building has a Colnago logo on the side (sort of):
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Cambridge would have been nice but it's actually the Camberwell Beauty or Nymphalis antiopa, a large, rare, migrant butterfly. The name is underneath, hence the slightly awkward first photo. So named as two were found on Coldharbour Lane - formerly Camberwell Lane.

The mural is also familiar to fans of late-80's/early-90's indie as the cover of the second untitled album by the House of Love, often referred to as the Fontana or Butterfly album.

Actually, I feel like I should have gone a bit further afield for the follow-up photo, but it was top of my list and my brain wasn't functioning properly to think of another one...

I might start playing against myself on the cambridge thread...

I'd had the next one planned for ages, then when I got there I realised it might be a bit trickier than I thought to get the photo... had some bemused looks from the bus stop.

previous one - the old canal bridge in Burgess Park - which the pub riders passed under last night!

another easy one for a sunday morning, but had to be done at some point.

haha! glad I checked - just about to head out for the previous tag. surprised by the Rotherhithe representation in the last few. hmm, change of route or change of plan? (I supposed to be in Reading this morning, but this is surely more fun...)

@rhowe: I owe you a couple of drinks...

the halves rule was good for momentum and balance. definitely felt a little more tipsy on the way home after that last bottle, did the rest of you stop off at the George or just go home?

gladstone was impressive although 3 quid entry cos of bands playing.

that was the Montague! we didn't go to the gladstone. montague definitely won in the quirky stakes...

we're heading up to harringey first, then another stop before getting to soho - so around 4 may be right? pm me your number if you like, I'll let you know when we are on our way. don't think there is much of a timing plan...

not me - work then the pub ride!

I've got a load of work to do, so no early start for me, BUT I will be there at 2.

And an easy one to get the day started...

easy but beautiful photo :)

What's a double deck cycle? Sounds ace.

google says: http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/Life/05_2009/DoubleDeckerBike.html

but why would you?

That's not an option, the Dutch says blue, fuschia, white, black, violet, red. So it's got to be one of those. This is fuschia, which I think it is?

I agree that one by one, you can't identify the colours - if someone asked me "which is violet?" I'd choose second from the front.

But with all the colours present I'm fairly sure, from front to back, it's black, blue, red, white, violet, fushchia.

Refreshing honesty there Scoot.

Needs more catsup*.

ftfy

*is it my imagination or is it also spelt like that?

My boyfriend bought me the silk scarf (bike-bits-paisley).

I'm not confused.

Funny that only a few days ago cycling about my sunny hometown, I'd remarked on the new spears of magnolia buds waiting to burst into bloom (remarked to myself that is). Upon seeing BlueQuinn's new photo, I thought "Aha! A Keiller fan, the famous springtime magnolias of old St Mary le Strand..." But then, I thought, there is no baroque italianate style in the stonework behind. An entirely more english line to the window tracery. Ah well. So it goes, with exactly 100 minutes to kill in London before I can put the brute on a train, I have no idea where those magnolias are... Probably for the best, since I don't have a phone or a camera today anyway. Another day, another day... I'm off out to make the most of the daylight. Toodle-pip.

I made it home, thanks jayloo and el guapo.
West London: the last unknown wilderness...

interestingly, I got an email from MSF summarising their response of a small medical team, the scale of the government response, and saying

The MSF response is tiny in comparison and at present we are not appealing for funds for our work in Japan.

It seems the immediate danger to life now for hundreds of thousands is lack of food, water and warmth. First google hit for "japan food aid" is an article in a Nepalese newspaper, dated today, about the food aid Japan is providing to Nepal. Crazy. Don't know where to turn, Red Cross looks like the main deal. Does the EU still have food mountains? Do we have to wait for mass starvation before we start air drops?

@ jenny j: Bishops Stortford looks like a decent 6 mile ride from Much Hadham (which the ride goes through), regular trains from there to Liverpool Street.

@jenny j: I know some people have had trouble with tandems on trains, you might want to check that out. they don't fit in the door areas very well, if there's a bike space on the train it might be ok though.

I love that on google the M25 is labelled Autoroute Britannique or something like that, you do get some randoms..

what?! you're not coming?