Originally today we were going to head to Windsor Castle, which looks totally wicked – until I worked out it was going to cost us about USD$80. And since we’re not getting those GBPs in yet, I thought it best to postpone that for a while.
So instead, Kristy, Ben and I borrowed bikes from John and Kirsty, and joined Stacey and Wes for a ride out to Richmond Park. The ride from J&K’s place took us about 15 minutes, and involved a lot of carrying bikes up and down stairs. Ben and I brushed against some nettle bushes on the way there too, so we were both rewarded with stinging legs for the next hour or so. Ouch!
Riding around Richmond park was great fun. Generally the terrain was smooth, flat dirt roads, but occasionally a hill would break out to test our fitness. Still, it was pretty easy going, and we managed to ride the whole way around in a little over two hours.
The coolest thing about Richmond park though, was the deer! We saw three or four packs of them just roaming free like they owned the place. They seemed pretty friendly, but we didn’t test our theory by getting too close. There was one pack which was running straight towards us quite quickly, until they saw us and then stopped on the spot and started moseying around, as if thinking, “yep, we meant to do that… this is exactly where we wanted to be”.
By the time we got back, we had been riding for over three hours, and we were thirsty, hungry, and generally exhausted. We definitely earned the thai green curry with prawns that we ate for dinner. Yum!
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Windsor is great- totally worth it. The Drawings room alone is worth the money- many very very expensive original sketches, from Davinci, Donatello and the whole Ninga Turtles gang. Maybe you could save up and go on a day tour or weekend tour of a few places- such as bath etc. Tour guides can suck a little, but it is a good way of seeing a whole lot for just a little bit more.