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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Midweek on wheels: what to do when it's wet on Fridays Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:30:07 +0000 This Week on Wheels * This week: Battersea and West End * Last week: slip sliding away * Tuesday mornings - Long Slow Skate * Tuesday nights: East End Stroll * Wednesday nights: NTWNS * Friday nights: Roller Disco II * Nights before Christmas: not a creature was skating, after 17th Dec == THIS WEEK == Having made it through November with more than our usual share of wet weather we're looking forward to a much drier December now. So for THIS FRIDAY'S skate we go down to Battersea station and back, although not the most direct way - the original route map looked like a Can O'Worms(TM), while the revised and checked one is a little clearer. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20061201 On SUNDAY we'll be showing off to the Soho crowds before heading up to Bloomsbury for a bit of culture, and back down everyone's favourite smooth road New Cavendish Street. Half time near Russell Square (Piccadilly line). http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20061203 == LAST WEEK == On SUNDAY it rained, so no skate. Actually, on FRIDAY it rained as well, but we managed nevertheless to get half a skate in. After a shower at Trafalgar Square turned the roads a bit slippery we rerouted to avoid the big downhill, and then when the rain started up again later we were reluctantly forced to (ahem) "rein in" the skate at Moorgate. Still, nice to get out for a change, even if it was just for an hour or so. http://www.londonskaters.com/how-to-skate-in-the-rain.htm#nuff-said == MORNING GLORY == A midweek skating opportunity for people who can get to Hyde Park on Tuesday mornings. Various LSST members are contemplating informal "Long Slow Skates" up and down Serpentine Road: a chance to work on skating technique and get the bad habits out of your system before the park fills with people. 8ish, Tuesdays. http://www.londonspeedskaters.com/forums/--p27004.php You don't need to be fast - indeed, the point is not to go fast. We'll all be comfortably in the aerobic zone and absolutely not getting carried away and racing each other, oh no. http://www.londonskaters.com/lessons-long-slow-skate-technique-intervals.htm Much. == UNMARSHALED STREET SKATES == LFNS too easy/wet/flat/sensible/long to wait? Want a midweek skating fix? If you're happy skating in traffic, you might be interested in some of the unmarshaled skates that go on on weekday evenings. These skates have no route plans, no marshals and no maps: the rules are (1) whoever is in front, leads; (2) if you lose the skate, you're off the skate. The NTWNS ("Not The Wednesday Night Skate") takes place every Wednesday throughout the winter when the Londonskate isn't running. Skaters meet at 8pm in Trafalgar Square, for an approximately two hour skate taking on all obstacles - often including stairs, escalators, ladders and multi storey car parks. This skate is not for the faint hearted, you must be a very competent skater to take part, and you should be used to skating in traffic. The skate finishes at the pub, if you make it that far - it is not unusual to get lost within the first 10 minutes. There's a reason it's informally known as the "suicide skate" (though to be honest, it's mostly PR). The East End Stroll is a more intimate skate, involving all the same obstacles as the NTWNS, but at a more relaxed - albeit faster than the LFNS - pace. The same rules apply, but provided you are able to keep up enough, the skate regroups periodically for a breather (or a cigarette), a chat, a smile, a dance or a sing... OK, maybe not the singing. This skate tends to start and end in the City, and generally depends on the numbers interested each week. To find out where it starts, and to introduce yourself to the gang, head to serpentineroad.com and keep your eye on the UK Scene. The LFNS Marshals Association does not organise, plan, assist or endorse these skates in any way whatsoever (just to be clear), but to be honest they're not as suicidal as they sound. You *are* responsible for your own safety and you need to be aware of your surroundings. You choose when, what and how you skate - although using the lift is considered cheating! == WHEELS OF STEEL == Or if you're too much of a wuss to skate outside in the cold and the wet (or even if you're not ...) - Friday 1st December (that's tomorrow) sees the opening of London's newest Roller Disco, at the Renaissance Rooms near Vauxhall Bridge. The club opens at 8pm and goes on till 2am, so there's plenty of time to get there after the LFNS finishes. Be aware that it might already be fully booked for this week, but we're told it's worth turning up anyway, as the lightweights who get there early just won't have the stamina ... http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21880 == ONLY SEVEN SKATING DAYS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS == Unless of course you're stupid/glamorous/masochistic enough that any of the preceding are options, there are only three LFNSs, three Strolls, and one Santa Skate left this year before we shut down for a couple of weeks over the Christmas break. The last skates this year are: * Last LFNS : 15th December * The Santa Skate on Saturday 16th * Last Stroll of the year: 17th December We return in the New Year: weather permitting, the first skate of the year will be Friday 12th January. Roll on 2007 == ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING == "it is truely the ONE email that i read from start to finish" - someone who's obviously going to see this comment, then :-) Another week, another Wheels. 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