I got out on Xmas Day too - my first ride since my knee surgery! It went really well. A few photos here. This is an annual central London ride on what the organiser calls "the smiliest day of the year". We finish with a late lunch in a Lebanese restaurant on Edgware Road.

Last year, I cycled from home up to the ride start, did the ride, then back home again - 40 miles - on a Brompton. This year, because of the knee and (as you can imagine) doubts about my fitness, I got a taxi to the start and another taxi home again. But I did the 15 mile ride and thoroughly enjoyed it. The high temperature for the day just broke freezing. Cold for London but not bad at all for cycling. And the wind died down, just for the day.

Hope everyone's having a lovely break over the holidays.