My Iowa Commute

Cyclefrance · 06-12-2007, 04:03 PM

Still this road's not too bad - a few cars , but not so many that they have room to give me a wide berth - I can stay in top gear for a good mile or so (the first photo, which confirms I'm going in the right direction, is just past the sewage works - just for SG that one!) and then it climbs a bit under the M25 (second photo) so I have to drop down a couple of gears...

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Cyclefrance · 06-12-2007, 04:16 PM

until I get past the Woodlands Park Hotel (back in the early 1900's it used to be the house where Edward the 7th took Lily Langtrey (his mistress). Now I'm well over halfway and after a bit of a drop, another climb and another downhill stint, I turn right and head through Stoke d'Abernon....

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Cyclefrance · 06-12-2007, 04:21 PM

Another turn and then I'm on the final stretch, enjoying the opportunity to pass all the cars that have to queue for ten to fifteen miutes to get through the traffic lights - another bikey bonus! A treat for my American friends as well here at the end of this road, just to the right on the far side of the road, is the American International School where US workers living in this area send their children - you'd have never guessed that now, would you...

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Cyclefrance · 06-12-2007, 04:23 PM

But I have to turn left at thos lights - then it's just a few yards before I reach the office - 33.50 minutes - not bad - almost a record. maybe tomorrow I'll show you the route home....

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06-12-2007, 04:03 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Still this road's not too bad - a few cars , but not so many that they have room to give me a wide berth - I can stay in top gear for a good mile or so (the first photo, which confirms I'm going in the right direction, is just past the sewage works - just for SG that one!) and then it climbs a bit under the M25 (second photo) so I have to drop down a couple of gears... . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 06-12-2007 at 05:53 PM.

06-12-2007, 04:16 PM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	until I get past the Woodlands Park Hotel (back in the early 1900's it used to be the house where Edward the 7th took Lily Langtrey (his mistress). Now I'm well over halfway and after a bit of a drop, another climb and another downhill stint, I turn right and head through Stoke d'Abernon.... . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-12-2007, 04:21 PM	#3
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Another turn and then I'm on the final stretch, enjoying the opportunity to pass all the cars that have to queue for ten to fifteen miutes to get through the traffic lights - another bikey bonus! A treat for my American friends as well here at the end of this road, just to the right on the far side of the road, is the American International School where US workers living in this area send their children - you'd have never guessed that now, would you... . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

06-12-2007, 04:23 PM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	But I have to turn left at thos lights - then it's just a few yards before I reach the office - 33.50 minutes - not bad - almost a record. maybe tomorrow I'll show you the route home.... . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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