26th March, Ace Cafe, Chelsea Cruise, Tunnel Run.
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 11 9:36 pm
Ace Cafe 4pm
Chelsea Bridge 8pm
Tunnel Run 10pm
Route for the tunnel run is as follows, thanks to Dave Williams.
Good evening! The following suggested route has been planned to see some sights, hopefully avoid too much traffic and also to entertain
Saturday Night London.
The local constabulary have been informed due to the number of cars, so please obey traffic laws, speed limits and traffic lights, and remember to smile for the cameras!
So, it’s 10pm, so head southbound to the Prince Of Wales roundabout, and make the left under the bridge, through the lights and head towards Vauxhall Cross.
Turn right to do a lap of Vauxhall Station immediately after the bus station, and keep right through the tunnels and then back through the lights onto the Embankment (MI5 on the left and Texaco station on the right) and carry on along the south side of the Thames.
Pass Lambeth Bridge, Waterloo Station and the London Eye, then at the roundabout take the 3rd exit ('cos the road ahead is shut) and head down Waterloo Road to the next junction and turn left into The Cut, (Old Vic Theatre on the corner).
Take it easy over the speed bumps and then take the left at Southwark Underground Station onto Blackfriars Road and head up to the lights, where we turn right to go under that bridge over there onto Southwark Street.
Carry on until the road starts to go left to London Bridge, but look for the sign that says 'Tower Bridge, Bermondsey, B200’, as then we turn right into St Thomas Street (don’t cross the bridge or you'll get very lost!), as then it’s time to turn left into the tunnels coming up on the left for a lap (or two) of Stainer Street and Weston Street.
Out of the tunnels and its back heading east to carry on ready to turn left onto Tower Bridge, watch the 20 mph average speed cameras, and remember to smile for the tourists, even at this time of the night!
Keep left as then it’s left down to Lower Thames Street and through the tunnel all the way along The Embankment to Parliament Square.
Take the left over Westminster Bridge, around the IMAX roundabout onto Stamford Street then left at the 24 hour Food and Wine into Chicheley Street to park up for a rest/photo opportunity at the London Eye.
Then it’s back onto the route via Concert Hall Approach (looks like a pavement) and immediately left onto Waterloo Bridge.
Stay to the right as it’s down into the Aldwych Underpass. When you’re up onto Kingsway stay heading north in a straight line, around Russell Square, left at the Post Ofice, then past the Hilton Euston up to the lights at the top where we turn left at Prezzo onto Euston Road.
After coming out of the underpass, get in the left lane as we’re about to turn left after Portland Place Underground Station into Park Crescent and then take the next left and then all the way down Portland Place, where we pass the Langham Hilton, the BBC and then cross over Oxford Street (Top Shop and Oxford Circus Underground) onto Regent Street.
Get ready as we’re turning right at the second lights (after Liberty and Desigual, opposite GAP, Clark’s Shoes on the corner) into Conduit Street.
Carry on all the way across New Bond Street onto Bruton Street into Berkeley Square where it’s left at the Bentley showroom, right at the bottom of the square (unless you want to do a lap for the folks) and then left into Fitzmaurice Place.
Almost immediately into Curzon Street it’s left onto Bolton Street before the zebra crossing and down to the lights and turn right onto Piccadilly.
Keep going through the Piccadilly Underpass, through Knightsbridge, then all the way onto the M4 until there’s a sign saying ‘Heathrow Terminals 1,2 &3’ as that’s where we come off to go in and out of the airport!
Off at the junction, down all the way into the southbound tunnel, around the bus station then follow the signs for M4, London, etc and back through the northbound tunnel up to the M4.
Back up at the M4 its London bound to Heston Services for the end of the 40 miles adventure around the big city on a Saturday night.
Chelsea Bridge 8pm
Tunnel Run 10pm
Route for the tunnel run is as follows, thanks to Dave Williams.
Good evening! The following suggested route has been planned to see some sights, hopefully avoid too much traffic and also to entertain
Saturday Night London.
The local constabulary have been informed due to the number of cars, so please obey traffic laws, speed limits and traffic lights, and remember to smile for the cameras!
So, it’s 10pm, so head southbound to the Prince Of Wales roundabout, and make the left under the bridge, through the lights and head towards Vauxhall Cross.
Turn right to do a lap of Vauxhall Station immediately after the bus station, and keep right through the tunnels and then back through the lights onto the Embankment (MI5 on the left and Texaco station on the right) and carry on along the south side of the Thames.
Pass Lambeth Bridge, Waterloo Station and the London Eye, then at the roundabout take the 3rd exit ('cos the road ahead is shut) and head down Waterloo Road to the next junction and turn left into The Cut, (Old Vic Theatre on the corner).
Take it easy over the speed bumps and then take the left at Southwark Underground Station onto Blackfriars Road and head up to the lights, where we turn right to go under that bridge over there onto Southwark Street.
Carry on until the road starts to go left to London Bridge, but look for the sign that says 'Tower Bridge, Bermondsey, B200’, as then we turn right into St Thomas Street (don’t cross the bridge or you'll get very lost!), as then it’s time to turn left into the tunnels coming up on the left for a lap (or two) of Stainer Street and Weston Street.
Out of the tunnels and its back heading east to carry on ready to turn left onto Tower Bridge, watch the 20 mph average speed cameras, and remember to smile for the tourists, even at this time of the night!
Keep left as then it’s left down to Lower Thames Street and through the tunnel all the way along The Embankment to Parliament Square.
Take the left over Westminster Bridge, around the IMAX roundabout onto Stamford Street then left at the 24 hour Food and Wine into Chicheley Street to park up for a rest/photo opportunity at the London Eye.
Then it’s back onto the route via Concert Hall Approach (looks like a pavement) and immediately left onto Waterloo Bridge.
Stay to the right as it’s down into the Aldwych Underpass. When you’re up onto Kingsway stay heading north in a straight line, around Russell Square, left at the Post Ofice, then past the Hilton Euston up to the lights at the top where we turn left at Prezzo onto Euston Road.
After coming out of the underpass, get in the left lane as we’re about to turn left after Portland Place Underground Station into Park Crescent and then take the next left and then all the way down Portland Place, where we pass the Langham Hilton, the BBC and then cross over Oxford Street (Top Shop and Oxford Circus Underground) onto Regent Street.
Get ready as we’re turning right at the second lights (after Liberty and Desigual, opposite GAP, Clark’s Shoes on the corner) into Conduit Street.
Carry on all the way across New Bond Street onto Bruton Street into Berkeley Square where it’s left at the Bentley showroom, right at the bottom of the square (unless you want to do a lap for the folks) and then left into Fitzmaurice Place.
Almost immediately into Curzon Street it’s left onto Bolton Street before the zebra crossing and down to the lights and turn right onto Piccadilly.
Keep going through the Piccadilly Underpass, through Knightsbridge, then all the way onto the M4 until there’s a sign saying ‘Heathrow Terminals 1,2 &3’ as that’s where we come off to go in and out of the airport!
Off at the junction, down all the way into the southbound tunnel, around the bus station then follow the signs for M4, London, etc and back through the northbound tunnel up to the M4.
Back up at the M4 its London bound to Heston Services for the end of the 40 miles adventure around the big city on a Saturday night.
feels like I was there!
