Down the hill to Carshalton for lunch and a bit of shopping. Sadly, only one of our party was cycling. Happily, it was The Little Duck!
New skill: freewheeling with feet on the pedals
And (with a few small additions of impetus) he rode most of the way back up the hill. He was so comfortable riding that he was chatting away about the ancient trees in the park, and the other, younger trees along the road. He was so comfortable that he took his hands off the bars to point to one tree in particular
But hey: New skill 2: Riding uphill