Saturday, 1 October 2011

#30daysofbiking - day 30 THE FINISH LINE

The last of the 30 days of September was a FridayFridayFriday and I had planned to meet up with my friend Iain to go and see some late night art at the Royal Academy. It was also Critical Mass day and I was hoping to see the crowds cycle past, as they usually do, which unfortunately didn't happen. (Just to explain, I used to ride CM a few times last year but got annoyed with a lot of the unreasonable aggression on both the cyclists side and the motorists. Well and then that incident at the Brazilian CM happened - I found this hard to watch; not for the faint hearted!)
The art thing we wanted to see wasn't happening until late October so we walked down to the river to have a few cocktails on the rooftops of the Southbank. It was super warm and I didn't even need a coat on my journey home.

Here are my photos from DAY 30: 30.9.11 (15.63miles)
The Royal Academy where we hoped to see the reconstruction of Tatlin's Tower... 
...but even though we were a month too early, we enjoyed hanging out in this simply stunning courtyard!
Fortnum&Mason, a crazy posh food store where The Queen shops! A tourist's must, even if you don't have the buck!

Left: on Regents Street leading to Picadilli Circus. Right: on the Waterloo pedestrian bridge overlooking the Thames.
I heart the London Eye, but have never been on it! 
WHAT A BEAUTY! Aaaahhh London at night, London when it's warm...

The Southbank was hustling and bustling with people busy enjoying themselves! 
Roof terrace shenanigans. 
On the way to our next roof top bar...

...we saw a great photographic exhibition about a British army camp in Helmand, Afghanistan. 
I love that huge Fox (made from straw and plywood) on top of the Hayward!

Our last stop of the night, Concrete Bar. The cute fairy lights up there are underpants - real ones!
That's all Folks. Thanks for reading! XXX

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