With London on our doorstep and a need to be more active post Olympics we headed to the city yesterday to test out the Boris bikes. We know they have been in action for a long time and we haven't cycled for donkeys years but as the saying goes; 'it's like riding a bike, you never forget' and after a few wobbly starts we were off.
We had no route in mind but wanted to stick near to the river. This meant we were able to successfully criss-cross over the bridges to various tourist hotspots. We've always walked or driven in London and feel we know the capital well but despite the thousands of times we've been there discovering it by bike yesterday was a whole new adventure.
Most of our favourite views of London come from stopping on any one of the bridges over the Thames, looking left or right and seeing the skyline filled with iconic buildings.
We even stopped at The Horse Guards Parade (relived a bit of the royal wedding!) and then stopped at Number 10 Downing Street.
And no tour would be complete without seeing Big Ben.
Of course we saw so much more but we couldn't keep stopping to take pictures of everything - not yet advanced enough to do one handed cycling! So if you find yourself in London take the scenic route and cycle.
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