{"id":16281,"date":"2022-07-23T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=16281"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:43:51","slug":"richmond-guided-city-tour-by-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/07\/23\/richmond-guided-city-tour-by-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond guided city tour by bike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

38.74km. 294m ascent. 2h33 ride time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrice offered to give us a guided cycle tour of Richmond, something Phini usually does but he had just undergone surgery and was not allowed to ride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taken down in England and rebuilt stone by stone in Richmond <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We had a great ride around the sights of Richmond and Richmond is a city where I could live! They have the James river which is navigable by ship to the town, above that it is wild water and in season they have grade 3 to 4 rapids. Today was low water, but the kayakers still found enough flow to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Footbridge suspended under a road bridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I was jealous (kayaking, slalom competition, was my passion when a teenager!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was brutally hot, as it has been for the past week or more, so we popped into a brewery for a cooling beer before returning, collecting our panniers and making our way to our next Warmshowers host in Richmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Triple crossing brewery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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38.74km. 294m ascent. 2h33 ride time Patrice offered to give us a guided cycle tour of Richmond, something Phini usually does but he had just undergone surgery and was not allowed to ride! We had a great ride around the sights of Richmond and Richmond is a city where I could live! 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