Grain of Sand

I cycle to work from Wapping to Waterloo along the London's busiest cycle-route, the CS3. Most Londoners will be familiar with the blue, segregated lane that tracks the the Thames from east to west (or west to east..) past famous landmarks such as Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. As a pedestrian you may have unwittingly stepped into it after a night out by the river, only to have your fellow reveller snatch you from the path of a speeding Boris* bike. As a cyclist you will have delighted at the views of the South Bank on a sunny day, and cursed it while elbowing for space in your half of meter of rain soaked blue tarmac outside of Shadwell station on a rainy Monday morning. The CS3 has become remarkably busy recently. Long gone are the early Covid days, where I could take my permitted daily exercise with a small handful of other cyclists. Nowadays it's a truly diverse melee of Canary Wharf commuters, folding bikes, the Deliveroo 30 mph electric mountain bike crew, and...