Avocado Routes: H’Artistan Cafe (Better than Windsor Bun Run)

Avocado Routes is an expression of exploration, manifested as routes by Rainer Charles Ong and his collective of like-minded explorers

Words: Rainier Ong

Routes: TMC Cycling Club

H’Artistan Cafe (Better than Windsor Bun Run)

Difficulty: 3 out of 5 avocados 🥑🥑🥑

Level Required: Novice - the route is flat, but it's long

Best time to do - All year round

With winter around the corner, there aren’t many routes you can do if you’re based in London. Apart from the usual Regent’s Park laps, Richmond Park, Box Hill, and the Windsor Bun Run, there aren’t many options you can actually enjoy with the shorter days and wet country lanes (which will probably give you a puncture).

Luckily, Nick from H’artistan shared this amazing route with me - and it’s perfect for spicing things up during the winter months! It’s a 120km, very flat loop starting from Richmond, with H’artistan as the halfway café stop to refuel before heading back.

Honestly, if you’re bored of the Windsor Castle ride, this is a route worth trying.

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About the Author

Rainier is a Filipino living in London. He rides as part of Too Many Carbs Cycling Club, a club that he and a few of his friends founded to share the joy of riding.

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