Yesterday Camilia and I decided to take a bike ride in the park. It was just what I needed. The fall colors were out in abundance. Earlier that day I had tried to go to that Harry Potter tour again, and once again it was a bust. Later we found out that it costs 15 pounds! We thought it was free! I'm over that. My week unlimited tube pass ran out on Friday, so I had to pay 4 pounds to even get to the non-existent Harry Potter tour and that made me frustrated. I needed to do something great, and a bike ride was just the ticket!
There's a bicycle system here called Barclays. There are bike stations all over the city, and you can get a bike out at one station (using a credit card or you can get a pass), ride to where you need to, and leave the bike there. You don't have to return the bike to where you picked it up. They want more people to use bicycles as their main form of transportation. I see people riding them all the time!
Look at those trees! I was in heaven.
We decided to take a little detour and go to the Peter Pan statue. We had to walk our bikes there, because it was on a "no cycling" path. Then we couldn't really find a cycling path from there so we walked our bikes a lot.
One of the best things I've done yet! It also reminded me that Hyde Park is massive and that I hadn't seen most of it!
It doesn't get better than fall in London! Perhaps a birthday in Paris could do the trick! Happy birthday.
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