Tag: Cholsey

Tourism, Travel

Surrey and beyond

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It’s green next to the railway lines
Interesting location for a coffee.
Debenhams demolition in the distance
The worst cycle infrastructure on Epsom Road in Guildford.

The cycle lanes marked out in Guildford are beyond useless. No segregation, suggesting a totally inappropriate position for the cyclists to take on the road. I would cycle at least at the line. I actually cycled in the mostly in the middle of the lane to take the decision away from the drivers, so they did not attempt to overtake at the frequent traffic islands. Of course I was hooted at, but ironically I was going faster than the motorised vehicles. Guildford suffers from pollution,

Clandon

There are plenty of stations in the commuter belt.

Delays

Someone had pulled a communication alarm on a train causing all the trains to be delayed.

Heading into Guildford.

Two days later headed back to Oxfordshire. Dodged the rail replacement buses by travelling from Farnborough.

Farnborough
Change at Basingstoke
Church spire Mortimer
Approaching Reading from the south
Boats at Goring
Boats on the Thames at Goring
Thames near Cholsey.
Bromptons
Didcot – another change
Cholsey
The Thames at Wallingford – The Boat House.
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Cholsey-Poole

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It’s a sunny warm day for the cycle to Cholsey station. Two changes at Reading and then Basingstoke.

Cholsey Station
Reading Station
Basingstoke Station

The train from Basingstoke had ten carriages but only the front five going onto Poole. I made sure I got on the right half of the train.

Southampton
Southampton view of the docks
New Forrest
Poole Station

Lots of interesting things to see on this trip including a view of St Mary’s Stadium, a view of Southampton Port, the New Forrest and various Dorset coastal towns.

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Oxfordshire to Barcelona

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A long way to go in one day!
Early start with the moon in the sky.

A revisit to Reading on the way to London.

Paddington nice and early.

Followed by an almost pleasant bike ride to St Pancras.

Stress at St Pancras as the gate for the 0701 Eurostar was closing. Still had a long wait on the train. Pleasant ride on the Eurostar but the electrical sockets don’t work. No matter, sure there will be opportunities later.


train

Arrived at Gare Du Nord

Ride across Paris from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon, followed by lunch, sightseeing, and a return to Gare de Lyon.

The ride from Paris to Barcelona was epic, long, fast and a good selection of French landscapes. Brits, Americans, Australians, Germans, French, Spaniards. A fun mix, and by the end of the journey we felt like we had experienced something together. Six hours travel time on the final leg of today.

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