SATURDAY 24th June & SUNDAY 25th June 2006
STRIDING SUMMARY
Route: Surbiton - Windsor (Saturday), Surbiton - Tower Bridge, London (Sunday)
Distance: 80km. Yes, 80 Kilometres!
Nightstriders present: Ian and Ben, then Aimee, Anna, Kate, Luca, Nick, Shubi and Syeda.
Weather: we'd make it or not was the question on everybody's lips
Synopsis:
Kilometre:1.2km Time:07.22am Location:Kingston Bridge Description: A bridge, going over the Thames? What a lovely scene, I for one could never get tired of bridges going over the Thames
Kilometre:2.3km Time:07.45am Location: Hampton Court Park Description: Ben "Trust me Ian it will make a great picture".....
Kilometre:5.01km Time:08.10am Location: Description: The best ever photo. If it wasn't for two sets of steel fences.
Kilometre:7.2km Time:08.33am Location:Between Hampton and Walton Description: A nightstrider sock for anyone who can find the other photo of this bench and name the people sitting on it
Kilometre: 8.5km Time:08.50am Location: On the way to Walton Description:While Ben alters his shoes Ian passes the time with a bit of Post Modern hedge trimming
Kilometre: 9.2km Time:09.10am Location: Walton Description:See they do exist!
Kilometre:29.8km Time:13.07pm Location: A lovely park the other side of Staines Description: Yes, congratulations, well spotted we have made a bit of a jump there were lots of lovely other pics, mainly of bridges and water, but a lesson for everyone - digital cameras and washing machines do not mix!
Kilometre: 34.3km Time:14.10 Location:Outside Windsor Description: A bridge! A river! What more could you want?
Kilometre:37km Time:14.51 Location: Windsor Description: How jolly civilised!
Kilometre:40km Time:15.27 Location:Windsor Station Description: 9 hours straight with Ben finally catches up with Ian
Kilometre:40.12 Time:6.06am Location: Surbiton High Street Description: Who would have thought that no one else would have been up at 6 on Sunday morning?
Kilometre:40.56 km Time:6.23am Location: Kingston Description: That is apart from a lone Swan
Kilometre: 47.2km Time:7.41am Location: Teddington Description:Look a lock! Makes a change from a bridge
Kilometre: 50km Time: 8.21am Location: Chiswick Description: Another Bridge...Brilliant!
Kilometre:59km Time:10.32am Location:Barnes Bridge Description: Ok you can have too much of a good thing
Kilometre: 61km Time:10.51 Location: Barnes Description: The secret bridge that only nightstriders can see....go on look closely!
Kilometre: 63km Time:11.15am Location: Hammersmith Description: Ha Ha made you look! there isn't really a bridge, a trick that these strange wood people played on us
Kilometre: 65km Time:11.30am Location: Hammersmith Bridge Description: Ok enough with the bridges
Kilometre: 68km Time:11.54am Location: Putney Bridge Description:Stop it!
Kilometre:68.5km Time:12.04pm Location:Putney Description:Syenda on her first nightstriding adventure
Kilometre: 70km Time:12.30pm Location: London Description: Ian leaves and lots of people turn up...whats all that about
Kilometre:71km Time:12.50pm Location: Battersea Description: This year Nightstrider is being sponsored by the lovely folks at Airwolf.
Kilometre: 71.1km Time:12.55pm Location:Battersea Description: The Nightstriding team are battersea powered!
Kilometre:76km Time:2.10pm Location: Westminster Description: Luca leads the way!
Kilometre:77.5km Time:2.55pm Location:Tate Modern Description:Ben steals an exhibition from Tate Modern...They do have some rubbish in there, did you see all the boxes? Reminded me of the end of Indiana Jones and then the X-Files stole the idea
Kilometre:78km Time:3.05pm Location: London Bridge Description:Argh!!! I wish it was burning down!
Kilometre:80km Time:3.30pm Location: Tower Bridge Description:Job done... bring on the Nightstride!
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