trans Londres

Day 2. Started at 5.30 am from Stansted Abbots, in dry weather. Very little traffic (unsurprisingly) so made good progress down A10 to London Bridge. Phoned Tom from Old Street at 7.20 and was surprised he was already on location, given his hangover. Delighted first to see Fionaulla waving furiously from the central reservation, and then Tom and Steve (P) with cameras. I will try to attach one of Steve's pictures. Good to have achieved the first real milestone of the voyage. It's been quite sunny today, so a much more agreeable journey than yesterday's.

Crossing the North Downs was an interesting experience, with combination of unexpectedly steep and twisting hills with ineffective brakes. David F did warn me of the Biggin Hill to Westerham section, and I was able to savour that.

Arrived at Edenbridge about 1pm, and got a call to say Janet was on her way by car. We went to lunch in the village. Driving at 40mph seemed terrifyingly fast after 170 miles at no more than 12mph. Still, Janet does have brakes.