Mortal flesh wounds sustained after historic nettle/bramble negotiation.
Ishigami’s ‘Blackbird’ at the Serpentine Pavilion, the commission for 2019.
Featuring a lot of slate.
Precisely 61 tonnes of it, from Cumbria.
Architectural enthusiasts.
Roof supported by 166 pin-ended columns …
… “arranged to create a forest and a refuge for contemplation”: it works.
Cornwall eagle eye for snap makes even the new Victoria look attractive.
Unsettling promotional vehicle at Central Park greyhound racing stadium near Sittingbourne.
Hasty map-perusal to ensure swift exit from traveller-trashed Kent countryside.
Saltmarsh en route to Faversham.
Challenging gradient for the senior cyclist.
Altocumulus action.
Ollie Bongo’s Pet Essentials. Made three albums for Decca in 1968.
 Faversham market where Ye Olde English fayre included brick-like slabs of bread pudding.
Still prospering medieval pub.
Impossibly cute pink house.
Twin-wheeled invaders shatter peace of ancient corn exchange.
Brexit country.
Ingenious attempt to escape entrapment near Graveney/Goodnestone by following tractor tyre-track.
Let the lacerations begin.
Overgrown path suggests epic wrong turn.
Are we downhearted?
Cyclists self-harm in pathetic bid for attention.
And there are people who still can’t see joy of biking.
Google Maps indicated we were in ‘an area surrounded by water’.
Optimistic punt in direction of distant house.
Carving route bramble/nettle-filled ditch.
Brave new frontiers in ‘off-road’.
Kissing tarmac on eventual escape from trackless nightmare.
The 51.5: where we make our own roads.
Graveney Evening Bugle: “Three grown men with combined age of 206 caught trespassing on rail track”.
View from the Pearson’s Arms, Whitstable: lost Ellen iPhone just visible in grass.
Blood brothers in weak sympathy bid.
See no oysters …
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Unbowed adventurers parade battle scars.
The post-nettle arms and legs throbbed vigorously for 24 hours.
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Canterbury graduates in posh frocks: perfect setting for Richard Curtis movie.
Yer man Chaucer: insert Lost Cyclists’ Tale gag here.
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Strong work 51.5
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