Back in the saddle

Coriander

I cycled to work today. :shock:

For the first time in 11 months.

I was credit crunched last March and had a blissful 11 months off work. Started a new job last Tuesday and cycled in for the first time this morning.

It was great fun, and it's so good to be back. Though I swear every single set of traffic lights (and there are thousands, if not millions) up the Old Kent Road and through Borough and then the City was against me.

A huge thanks to the guy who helped me with directions around Borough and up to Southwark Bridge, without your guidance I'd probably still be going round in circles. And enjoy your upcoming break from work.

jonginge

Yay. Congratulations on the new job, Fiona. Welcome back to the fold

Cafewanda

Yay!!

How long before you buy a new bike then?

suzyb

Gratz

tailwindhome

Congrats

OldSkoolKona

Welcome back :-) Good luck with the new job.

Aidy

Cafewanda wrote:

Yay!!

How long before you buy a new bike then?

New job, new bike - that's the rule!

Canny Jock

Do they do cyclescheme

rml380z

Oooh, it was me that guided you to Southwark Bridge!
Clearly being on my Pearson fixie, and wearing my comedy headband didn't put you off asking directions. Always glad to help out a fellow cyclist, and such a weird coincidence that as you start a new job, I'm just about to embark on a life of leisure.

I've had to stop lurking on this site and finally register to post this, so I hope this first post works!

Mickey Eye

Aw! See, cycling bringing strangers together....






In tangled heaps of twisted metal

Kieran_Burns

rml380z wrote:

Oooh, it was me that guided you to Southwark Bridge!
Clearly being on my Pearson fixie, and wearing my comedy headband didn't put you off asking directions. Always glad to help out a fellow cyclist, and such a weird coincidence that as you start a new job, I'm just about to embark on a life of leisure.

I've had to stop lurking on this site and finally register to post this, so I hope this first post works!

Nope. We can't read a thing


Nice one on helping a damsel in distress. We are fully aware of Fiona's sense of direction.

Nope I am NEVER going to let that one go

Congrats on the new job, you.

MonkeyMonster

Well done Fi.
Beers next week then!

Coriander

Thanks guys for the good wishes. The job's going well, though I have a Mount Everest to speed climb in terms of what I need to learn. Obviously, using BR in office time helps enormously with that.

No, no cyclescheme (there are only 5 of us), but, whisper it, I don't need another bike. :shock: :shock: :shock:

RML380Z - you have a PM.

Cafewanda

Since when does 'need' come into it? :shock:

Had to explain that to my neighbour the other day

shouldbeinbed

Coriander wrote:

I don't need another bike. :shock: :shock: :shock:

Erm, I don;t want to worry you but whatever you actually typed, your computer has written 'I don't need anther bike' obviously some sort of translation glitch there

DonDaddyD

Well done, something may have developed my way and I thought about you! Still, glad you got a new job.

Who with, where?

Jay dubbleU

Congrats Cori - you definitely need a new bike on the N=1 principle 8)

Coriander

shouldbeinbed wrote:

Coriander wrote:

I don't need another bike. :shock: :shock: :shock:

Erm, I don;t want to worry you but whatever you actually typed, your computer has written 'I don't need anther bike' obviously some sort of translation glitch there

No!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Quick, someone, there's a potentially catastrophic bug in BR.

I did say that. Am I still allowed in BR? :oops: :oops: :shock:

spen666

Coriander wrote:

I cycled to work today. :shock:

For the first time in 11 months.

I was credit crunched last March and had a blissful 11 months off work. Started a new job last Tuesday and cycled in for the first time this morning.

It was great fun, and it's so good to be back. Though I swear every single set of traffic lights (and there are thousands, if not millions) up the Old Kent Road and through Borough and then the City was against me.

A huge thanks to the guy who helped me with directions around Borough and up to Southwark Bridge, without your guidance I'd probably still be going round in circles. And enjoy your upcoming break from work.

Congratulations on your new job

I'd not realised you were not working.

Cycling to work is brilliant - I did 30 miles today up from Crawley to work and loved every minute of it, even in the ice and fog

Coriander

Thanks, guys. The new job is as policy advisor to a trade association. Am based up near Smithfields.

Headhuunter

Congrats! Can't remember if I mentioned but don't go through Borough, it's just stop start traffic/traffic lights and lemming pedestrians walking in front of you. I turn right at Bricklayers towards Tower Bridge, then off up Bermondsey Street, under the tracks of London Bridge station, left on Tooley St then right to cross London Bridge, much quicker and less hassle

Coriander

Fab, my first cycle home and it's pouring down.

Grrrrr....

MonkeyMonster

You what now... tis dry up in EC1V - don't be making me think its wet out there...

Headhuunter

Looks dry in EC1N, although I'm not right by the window

Coriander

MonkeyMonster wrote:

You what now... tis dry up in EC1V - don't be making me think its wet out there...

Well, guys, I'm in EC1A - and it sure looks wet here...

MonkeyMonster

*sob* she is indeed correct

Clever Pun

must be moving west... it's stopped here. I think

Congratulations either way Cori

lost_in_thought

You're in Smithfield, you say.... Lunch, daaaaahling!

Hope it's going well.

Jay dubbleU

Coriander wrote:

Fab, my first cycle home and it's pouring down.

Grrrrr....

How quickly we forget..........................

Cafewanda

Coriander wrote:

Fab, my first cycle home and it's pouring down.

Grrrrr....

New bike. New bike. New bike = one dry and one wet

cjcp

Hurrah! Congrats, Cori.