Kids on bikes

I had a wander round Notting Hill earlier today. It was quiet as you might imagine. For a moment I thought I heard steel drums, but it was just the radio.

Along Notting Hill Gate there was a sudden rush of cyclists, maybe a thousand of them, mostly kids.

One of them fell near where I stood but was quickly scooped up by nearby Policemen. An older guy who looked like a youth worker pulled up beside me. When I asked about the event he told me they were making a memorial journey for a friend who had committed suicide.

It was very moving.