ALSO IN THE BOOK...
01 Re-enact the Hovis advert 02 Britain's most beautiful canal scenery 03 The best railtrail tunnel on the best bike path 04 Strange scenery, and Eden on the cheap 05 An amazing downhill canal 06 Cycle on water, watch cars swim 07 A ferry to the rest of the world 08 The world's greatest undersea tunnel 09 Britain's most picturesque village ford 10 The bike-sized miniature railway 11 Picture-postcard London and triumphal arch 12 Twisty curiosity on a lovely canal circuit 13 Free ferry between two worlds 14 Britain's most surprising aqueduct 15 The capital by canal towpath, then bike on the Tube 16 A unique floating towpath 17 Britain's best riverside path, with bike-only ferries 18 The unique wrong-side road 19 Britain's cyclingest city 20 Round Britain's strangest lake 21 Britain's longest ford 22 More amazing ferries including Europe's tiniest 23 Britain's best cycling secret: mass ride to the sea 24 The dead-straight 200km country lane 25 Freewheel uphill! 26 Potholing by bike: spooky 3km tunnel 27 Original, preserved Roman Roads 28 Britain's steepest road hill 29 Transporter Bridges 30 The amazing flying horse-trough 31 Wooden bridge marvel in stunning scenery 32 Curious tunnel on a Peaks touring gem 33 Derbyshire's 'earthquake zone' 34 Historic hop over the Severn 35 Britain's steepest uphill 36 Mersey ferry 37 World's longest bikable suspension bridge 38 Britain's most perfect day trip 39 From the sun to Pluto 40 England's best freewheel 41 Britain's coolest ancient-and-modern river crossings 42 The unique giant bike maze 43 Britain's most exciting Roman Road 44 The UK's highest road, bikes only! 45 Beat the tide on a dissolving causeway 46 When bikes reclaim the streets 47 Britain's worst bike path? 48 Recumbents, folders, weird bikes 49 Bicycle polo 50 The ultimate ride: Land's End to John O'Groats
London's 'Lombard St' is a cycle path equivalent of San Francisco's celebrated hill, but on a curious ornamental canal. | map
These pictures accompany chapter 12 of the cycling guidebook 50 Quirky Bike Rides in England and Wales (Rob Ainsley, Eye Books 2008).
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If you're looking for a guided bike tour of London, we warmly recommend Spoke'n'Motion.
