This handy tip from @inventor_tom. People who halt progress at the barriers are not easily tolerated here it seems.

Scan your Oyster card while walking to avoid angry Londoners

Took me a long time to figure out why we regularly took a different route to and from certain places. I find that it also happens cycling due to avoiding difficult cross-traffic turns.

Why we sometimes walk in circles

The best stuff I’ve learned from the chapter ‘Pursuing the perfect stride’ in Brain Training for Runners by Matt Fitzgerald and by reading Born to Run.

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