We all headed down to London on our free GNER tickets for the day. First Class and much appreciated. Once in town I headed for Docklands and the Cycle Show at Excel http://www.cycleshow.co.uk/ . Blimey things have changed. It is 10 years since I last went to a cycle show in London - they used to be grim affairs at places like Olympia, cramped, terrible food, queues for everything, and a real feeling of being down way beyond the heel. But this time it was great. Excel [int eh photo] was a fantastic venue, with a perfect light for photography of the transformed docklands all around. The show was much better than it used to be, and I got some good information, and met a few people from the cycling past. Really enjoyed it.
Meanwhile Danielle and Rowan went to London Zoo http://www.tourist-information-uk.com/london-zoo.htm which they loved [I was prepared to make the sacrifice of not going...] then went up to West Hampstead to see Gwen and John's new baby boy [unamed after 2 weeks] brother to William [which rules out Ben for obvious reasons]. Then we all met up at Kings Cross and had a good journey home, travelling back from York station on the tandem and a bike.
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