I would like to invite Nigello, CPR Dave, Rockets and anyone else to join me next Wednesday on the school cycle run from ED to Dulwich so you can all experience what it's like to ride in London beside buses and cars. I think it would be enjoyable and educational for you and hopefully reduce the amount of hostility you feel towards cyclists. The only way to improve the impression you have is to join in the experience for yourself and learn from it. We will commute to my childs school and then continue to my office north of the West End. That includes going up Dog Kennel hill at decent speed then past Kings and through Camberwell, onto Elephant Castle and Waterloo, all in peak-hour traffic. I hope you're of reasonable fitness because I need to be at work for 9:15am. You can make your own way home and we'll meet the morning after to repeat the journey and discuss what you've learnt and why cyclists may choose to jump red lights to remain safe and why children ride on the footpath. Anyone interested can meet me on the corner of Friern Rd and Goodrich Rd at 8:20am next Wednesday.
