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Out on your bike you feel the wind, feel the sun and feel the rain (and goodness haven't we had plenty of that recently) You tend to notice small details - the turn of the leaves on the trees, or what people are wearing out and about this season. And of course, it's also a great way to go site-seeing.
This morning I noticed this rather splendid addition to a front door step in Mayfair. Had I been in a car or on the Tube I'm quite certain I'd have missed it. It certainly raised a smile as I cycled by.
Topiary dogs peeing on doors? It's just another wonderful reason to love cycling in London!!
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Amen! It's embarrassing to admit that I'd never met a magnificent 95 yr old neighbor who lives just a couple miles from me until I started bicycling home from the farmers mkt and passed her house. See "We're All Heroes on This Bus" for my Monterey, California take--much like your perspective from London. We're cycling together, albeit from a distance. :)
--Mari Lynch, http://www.bicyclingmonterey.com
Welcome Mari and thanks for your comments - great post about your neighbour - it's true you just feel so much more out and about in your own community by foot and on a bike, and any palpable sense of raised community spirit has to be a good thing in this day and age.
Great to hear about cycling in California and good to know we're out and about all over the world.
True indeed. Unfortunately I cannot relax everywhere in traffic, sometimes I'm just too busy to watch everybody else. But it's certainly true that I see more things on a bike then by taking public transport. Lovely way to explore the city.
Reminds me of the German Radlust campaign. They are on about the very same thing.
So true, I love cycling around and seeing the things I would miss if I were driving. I recently took some lovely photos of toadstool and roses still in bloom, David and the children think I'm daft but I enjoy it.
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