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In about a months time I'm planning a LEJOG and, in order to gain an
extra day, I was planning on using the Night Riviera Sleeper to get me and my recumbent down to Penzance. (I'm assuming, hopefully not too unreasonably, that there are no problems with bikes on the sleeper?) However this does leave me with having to cycle from Kings Cross to Paddington, and here's me having never cycled in London! From having had a look using www.streetmap.co.uk it would appear to simply be a case of turn right out of the front of Kings Cross, and head down Euston Road. Then straight onto Marylebone Road. Finally, Old Marylebone Road, Chapel Street and Praed Street to Paddington? Is that a reasonable route for cycling? PS: The ISP that I was leaching my usenet feed from (ie: POL) has shutdown the usenet server I used to admin there, so I've been forced onto Google. |
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Alistair Gunn wrote on 02/02/2007 18:47 +0100:
In about a months time I'm planning a LEJOG and, in order to gain an extra day, I was planning on using the Night Riviera Sleeper to get me and my recumbent down to Penzance. (I'm assuming, hopefully not too unreasonably, that there are no problems with bikes on the sleeper?) However this does leave me with having to cycle from Kings Cross to Paddington, and here's me having never cycled in London! From having had a look using www.streetmap.co.uk it would appear to simply be a case of turn right out of the front of Kings Cross, and head down Euston Road. Then straight onto Marylebone Road. Finally, Old Marylebone Road, Chapel Street and Praed Street to Paddington? Is that a reasonable route for cycling? Not quite but almost. Euston Rd etc is busy but there is a bus lane all the way along to cycle in. At the Gower St turn stay left in the right lane and spot the cycle route on the pavement starting right at the traffic light to avoid the Tottenham Court Rd underpass. At the end turn down Old Marylebone Rd onto Sussex St then right to Paddington. Praed St is one way the wrong way for most of its length. -- Tony "...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..." Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Alistair Gunn wrote:
In about a months time I'm planning a LEJOG and, in order to gain an extra day, I was planning on using the Night Riviera Sleeper to get me and my recumbent down to Penzance. (I'm assuming, hopefully not too unreasonably, that there are no problems with bikes on the sleeper?) However this does leave me with having to cycle from Kings Cross to Paddington, and here's me having never cycled in London! From having had a look using www.streetmap.co.uk it would appear to simply be a case of turn right out of the front of Kings Cross, and head down Euston Road. Then straight onto Marylebone Road. Finally, Old Marylebone Road, Chapel Street and Praed Street to Paddington? Is that a reasonable route for cycling? http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ gives cycling routes (sorry, no direct link). You'll need to select advanced options and then select Cycle and unselect all the other modes of transport. A |
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Alistair Gunn wrote:
From having had a look using www.streetmap.co.uk it would appear to simply be a case of turn right out of the front of Kings Cross, and head down Euston Road. Then straight onto Marylebone Road. Finally, Old Marylebone Road, Chapel Street and Praed Street to Paddington? Is that a reasonable route for cycling? It's fun, if you think running around Tehran with the Stars and Stripes pinned to your back is fun :-) |
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Ambrose Nankivell wrote on 02/02/2007 19:26 +0100:
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ gives cycling routes (sorry, no direct link). You'll need to select advanced options and then select Cycle and unselect all the other modes of transport. And as usual with the TfL route planner it will give you a useless route. Try that one and for some unfathomable reason it will take you down Euston Road and then off on a detour round the back of Euston Station before getting back on Euston Rd. If you want a good London cycle route planners the one at http://cyclemaps.com does a much better job. -- Tony "...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..." Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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"Alistair Gunn" wrote in message oups.com... In about a months time I'm planning a LEJOG and, in order to gain an extra day, I was planning on using the Night Riviera Sleeper to get me and my recumbent down to Penzance. (I'm assuming, hopefully not too unreasonably, that there are no problems with bikes on the sleeper?) However this does leave me with having to cycle from Kings Cross to Paddington, and here's me having never cycled in London! From having had a look using www.streetmap.co.uk it would appear to simply be a case of turn right out of the front of Kings Cross, and head down Euston Road. Then straight onto Marylebone Road. Finally, Old Marylebone Road, Chapel Street and Praed Street to Paddington? Is that a reasonable route for cycling? PS: The ISP that I was leaching my usenet feed from (ie: POL) has shutdown the usenet server I used to admin there, so I've been forced onto Google. Other than the fact that Praed St is one-way against you (but easily detoured) the route is fine with bus lanes etc to ride in. Where you may have some problem is with a recumbent on the trains - the Penzance service may be OK, get a bike reservation - BUT how are you getting back from JOG? The Scotrail Gestapo will be highly unlikely to let you onto the Wick/Thurso to Inverness train with a recumbent (they only grudgingly allow solos, and then only 2 per train) - again the sleeper S from Inverness will probably take a bent. WHATEVER YOU DO (and I know I'm SHOUTING) - get an actual physical bike reservation ticket for you AND your machine .... and get everything Scotrail tells you IN WRITING. (From bitter experience - see www.beewee.co.uk and the obvious link for the story......) RG |
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On Feb 2, 8:47 pm, Tony Raven wrote:
Ambrose Nankivell wrote on 02/02/2007 19:26 +0100: http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/gives cycling routes (sorry, no direct link). You'll need to select advanced options and then select Cycle and unselect all the other modes of transport. And as usual with the TfL route planner it will give you a useless route. Try that one and for some unfathomable reason it will take you down Euston Road and then off on a detour round the back of Euston Station before getting back on Euston Rd. If you want a good London cycle route planners the one athttp://cyclemaps.comdoes a much better job. I attempted to avoid Euston Rd doing KX to Paddington last Friday and I reckon it was a mistake. It turned out the road I was on had a two- way cycle lane down the rhs (separated by a kerb). Bloody stupid idea it was, it was quite narrow for two-way traffic, had kinks in it which were difficult to negotiate at a reasonable speed, and was very problematic where traffic lights occurred. A left turning taxi (coming the other way) turned across my path at one point. Mad. On the return journey (late on Saturday) I just blasted down Euston Rd, and that was much better. One point to note when leaving KX is Euston Rd is a dual carriageway and you can't simply turn right from the front of the station, you need to walk your bike up to the lights on the right (as you exit the front of the station) and cross there to join the road. You can't currently even join that side road and turn right from there as it appears to be blocked by road works. Simon |
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Simon Proven wrote on 02/02/2007 21:23 +0100:
One point to note when leaving KX is Euston Rd is a dual carriageway and you can't simply turn right from the front of the station, you need to walk your bike up to the lights on the right (as you exit the front of the station) and cross there to join the road. You can't currently even join that side road and turn right from there as it appears to be blocked by road works. You can, its only blocked for traffic going northbound. The best option if you arrive on platforms 1-8 is to walk out the front of the station, turn right and walk to the side road (Pancras Rd) where you can install yourself in the ASL and wait for the lights to change to let you cross and turn right onto Euston Rd. If you arrive on platforms 9-11 go out the exit on the right, turn right and cycle up to the road, turn left and cycle past the taxi rank to the ASL above. Don't be put off by the sign that appears to forbid cycles - its actually No Motor Vehicles with a plate excepting buses, taxis and permit holders. But since a bike is not a motor vehicle they too are permitted. The bit of bi directional cycle track along Tavistock and Torrington place is indeed the work of Stan and I avoid it and ride on the road. -- Tony "...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..." Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:47:54 +0000, Tony Raven wrote:
And as usual with the TfL route planner it will give you a useless route. I find the route planner OK as a basis thing (although you can't use the journey planner's "via" feature with a cycle route - it ignores it) but it has sent me right on a no-right-turn road several times. On closer inspection it usually tells me to get off and walk my bike across the road. Personally, I'd rather travel further but remain on pedals, thank you. -- Alex Pounds (Creature) .~. http://www.alexpounds.com/ /V\ http://www.ethicsgirls.com/ // \\ "Variables won't; Constants aren't" /( )\ ^`~'^ |
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Tony Raven wrote:
Alistair Gunn wrote on 02/02/2007 18:47 +0100: In about a months time I'm ... having to cycle from Kings Cross to Paddington, and here's me having never cycled in London! From having had a look using www.streetmap.co.uk it would appear to simply be a case of turn right out of the front of Kings Cross, and head down Euston Road. Then straight onto Marylebone Road. Finally, Old Marylebone Road, Chapel Street and Praed Street to Paddington? Is that a reasonable route for cycling? Not quite but almost. Euston Rd etc is busy but there is a bus lane all the way along to cycle in. Which is fine as long as you don't let taxis try to pass you without changing lane. At the Gower St turn stay left in the right lane and spot the cycle route on the pavement starting right at the traffic light to avoid the Tottenham Court Rd underpass. I'd describe this as 'stay right in the left lane'! The two right-hand lanes go down the underpass and you want to be as far right as you can without being in them. Actually, the underpass isn't too bad either, if you ride fast and take the left-hand lane. Colin McKenzie -- No-one has ever proved that cycle helmets make cycling any safer at the population level, and anyway cycling is about as safe per mile as walking. Make an informed choice - visit www.cyclehelmets.org. |
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