Boris Bike Riding through London's Canal

Today I got to enjoy roaming around London on Boris Bike's once more! This is probably almost my favourite activity in London, after driving the big red bus of course.

Jane, Saskia and I met at Limehouse in Hackney and embarked on a 3 hour bike ride through the London canals finishing in Little Venice. We cycled through Hackney, through Victoria Park, where we stopped for a coffee, up through Islington, past Kings Cross, through Camden Markets, past a pub that Guy Ritchie once owned and Amy Winehouse once partied at, through Regent's Park and past the London Zoo before parking our bikes up out Little Venice. We wandered through the area stopping in at different pubs, before settling at a rather cool one in Maida Vale.

We enjoyed a delicious post bike burger and gin and tonic before settling into a game of Scrabble. Gran would’ve been proud.

The sun was out today, I got to wear my sunglasses and got a little bit sun burnt. Not sure that’s happened since before I left home.

We found ourselves in a very cool little spot beside Camden. It was on a bridge, with a small café at the end and a guy sitting in the shade play acoustic guitar and singing country music. We sat and enjoyed juice and sweet treats before peddling on further.

I thoroughly enjoy these rides. You see a different part of London every time and Jane and Saskia always provide great stories of things that had happened past, or what this area used to be like.

A wonderful way to end a wonderful birthday weekend. 25 isn’t look too bad at all!Read more