Days 15 & 16!

Hi everyone,

I am ever so close to nearing half way through my cycle ride, which is fantastic. Over the past two days, I've added another 40km to my total!

I left Dagnall and headed down a very long & straight road towards Hemel Hempstead. It was an easy ride!

Nice & easy roads!

I'm heading towards the outskirts of London now. I'll be skirting around the edges of it - through Watford, down past Heathrow & out through Guildford! I'm most definitely in Southern England territory now. The most exciting part of this leg was a trip past the Harry Potter Studio Tour! I've been wanting to go again since they added the Forbidden Forest exhibit - and then Gringotts! This was where I stopped last night. I had an absolute ball... Some highlights below!

Butterbeer is my favourite thing ever!

I'm off to Hogwarts, see y'all later!

Unfortunately, I had to set off on my journey again. Now I'm not a fan of big cities and crazy roads, but I found a nice river to cycle along next to for a while. There were lots of river boats, which were the good see. The river took me quite a way south. I cycled through a series of nature reserves and valley parks. These are areas that you never really hear of - and I certainly don't associate with the outskirts of London! It was good to find them.

You can see the amount of greenery here!

I reached Uxbridge and decided to stop for the day. There was a cafe called the Rusty Bike cafe, but unfortunately it didn't sell full meals, so I kept looking. I did spot this place on my travels...

Waterloo Road... My teenage obsession, and the TV show that has kept me company for the vast majority of my virtual journey! Hahaha!

I found a restaurant called the Nebraska Brazilian Dining Experience in the end. You paid a fixed price and they brought loads of meat to the table, with garlic bread, and buffet access to salads and traditional dishes. It was GREAT!

Onwards tomorrow towards Heathrow! Maybe I'll jump on a plane and hop somewhere nice... Who knows!

355km down... 415km to go!

Stay safe & stay home,

Katherine
xxx