Jeepers creepers, it's bees on a bike!

Part of Cycle Superhighway 7 was closed off at the weekend.  Not to facilitate roadworks, or to install more off-peak parking... 

This time CS7 - and the rest of Southwark Bridge - was taken over by food lovers, producers and families as part of the Thames River Festival for the annual 'feast on the bridge'.  I love the idea, for one weekend a year at least, that such a prime bit of central London road space is given over to feasting and family fun to the detriment of traffic, and people can loiter a while and actually enjoy the view and savour a part of the city that's usually a primary vehicle corridor.  Indeed, I like it so much that - just like the SkyRide - they should do it much more often than just once a year.  Who wants to watch traffic all day when you could be apple bobbing, making corn dollies, patting cows and drinking cider instead?!

What's this all got to do with bikes I hear you ask? (Other than reclaiming public space and all that..)  Well, one bike did make it across the cycle superhighway and up on the bridge.  A local honey producer brought his beehive on a cargo bike.  Bees, on a bike!  Imagine the effect that would have on itinerant black cab drivers... 

Who knows, maybe it will catch on?

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