After spending an age trying to actually get out of the house, we emerged at 11ish for a day of exploration by bike. It was a lovely morning. Good enough for shorts. We left Amy in the house resting. She has put her back out so was taking advantage of my last day at home. Tomorrow I will be back at work after a lovely 5 day break.
We headed down the hill and shot onto the LCN 21 and soon were cycling along the Thames at Greenwich. Here we made our first pitstop. After locking the bike we went to Costas for a coffee. Jake reserved a seat for us(I love it when he does that) and we sat down and chatted about our plan for the day. After the much needed coffee and babyccino we set off along the foot tunnel. Miraculously both lifts were working. Hoorah!
At the other end we had a choice. Either pootle along the NCN 1 or go to Mudchute. Jake wanted to see the pigs so we cycled to the entrance and locked up the bike. Jake had a great time looking at all the animals. We headed to the Mudchute Kitchen for our lunch. Cannily I had made some sandwiches and brought along some home-made fruit bars so we ordered a babyccino and a cappuccino(yes another one).
After the farm we headed along the Thames path with the objective of getting to Tower Bridge. It was great to cycle along the Thames but annoying to keep having to come off the path and go ‘inland’. Jake wanted to stop when he saw a big playground. It had a large pyramid climbing frame with a big spiral tube at the top. Of course Jake wanted to climb it so I went up there with him. It was quite a scary thing for me but Jake was not fazed by the height at all. His little face lit up as he whooshed down the tube.