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Posted on 07/09/202107/09/2021

Boudicca, destroyer of London

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WHAT: Boudicca / Boadicea and her Daughters

WHERE: Westminster Embankment (map)

BY WHOM: Thomas Thorneycroft

WHEN: 1902

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Posted on 27/06/201216/02/2015

Early morning London

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At the beginning of June I did the Nightrider challenge – 100km cycling around London overnight. It was exhausting, tiring, but great fun (a full description is here).

I didn’t get the chance to take too many pictures (have you tried photography while riding a bicycle in the dark?), but here’s a selection of some as we crossed the river. Continue reading “Early morning London”

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