Camden is a great shout; it's been a long time since I've been there, but I recall VIllage Games always being worth a visit. (It also turns out that the proprietor hosts a regular (mechanical?) puzzle party, of which I and other Usual Suspects were not aware.) Camden Market would be great for street food, too.
London Bike Scheme: excellent point. The Cycle Superhighways so far have not been particularly super. I find it difficult to imagine that infrastructure will be practically affordable when land is so expensive. Nevertheless, the provision of numbered routes was sufficient for me to wheel about a bit, so hurrah.
Does this make HS2 the M6 Toll of railway tracks?
Manchester-to-London: I agree with your general point, but think there are a significant number of business journeys where the plane may still make more sense: perhaps the original starting-point might be significantly south of the city centre, or the destination might be closer to the airport than to the city centre (or not even in London itself!), or London might be an intermediate step to a (n intercontinental?) destination not directly served by MAN already.
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Re: Brighton, bikes, and railways
Date: 2011-12-26 09:29 pm (UTC)London Bike Scheme: excellent point. The Cycle Superhighways so far have not been particularly super. I find it difficult to imagine that infrastructure will be practically affordable when land is so expensive. Nevertheless, the provision of numbered routes was sufficient for me to wheel about a bit, so hurrah.
Does this make HS2 the M6 Toll of railway tracks?
Manchester-to-London: I agree with your general point, but think there are a significant number of business journeys where the plane may still make more sense: perhaps the original starting-point might be significantly south of the city centre, or the destination might be closer to the airport than to the city centre (or not even in London itself!), or London might be an intermediate step to a (n intercontinental?) destination not directly served by MAN already.