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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: Quinquennium Stroll Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:33:10 +0100 This Week, on Wheels: * This week: Millennium Park - one-way Anniversary Stroll; the London Friday Name Skate * Last week: Moorgate LFNS * What to do when it's wet * World Naked Bike Ride == THIS WEEK : FIVE YEARS (MY BRAIN HURTS A LOT) == According to some sources, this weekend marks the quinquennial of the SUNDAY STROLL. According to others, there were already Sunday afternoon skates back in 2001, and yet others say we should only start counting from 2004 when I started doing it. Erm, that should read "only start counting from 2004 when it left the safety of Hyde Park and ventured out onto the road". Still, any excuse for a celebration, right? This Sunday, we are doing our first ONE WAY STROLL of the season; that is, we are NOT bringing you back to Hyde Park at the end. So bring some shoes with you so that you can get a bus or tube, unless you want to skate back on your own. The route takes us through the West End and the City to a half time break at Tower Hill. Then through Docklands and along the banks of the river before turning north to finish in Mile End Millennium Park - handy for the Central line! http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070603 On the LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE, Lead Marshal Sol will take us for a 12.5 mile tour to see how many streets in central London we can find that bear the same name as our marshals. Can you spot all 11? The route takes us from Edgeware Rd to Farringdon with the half time stop at Tottenham Court Rd. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070601 And TONIGHT, the LondonSkate's doing 'Shopper's Delight'. That means a cruise around the West End to gawp at the tourists on Shaftesbury Avenue, Oxford Street and Trafalgar Square before swooping down to the river and back to Hyde Park through Chelsea . Half time is at Parson's Green. http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25025 == LAST WEEK == "Nice relaxed skate (by Friday standards). Thanks all!" "When the cry went up to "occupy the square" and bikes lay down on the road in front of Westminster Palace, I, too, packed up the kids and went home. The police managed to clear at least one lane of traffic, but I didn't want to be around when the water cannons arrived." (oh wait, that wasn't us, that was Critical Mass) "FAST PAYER, GREAT EBAYER, A+++ RECOMMEND!!!" (um, nor that. Can we get a new comments-gathering service? This one's broken) After some umming and erming over the forecast we decided to go ahead with last FRIDAY's skate out East to London Wall and down the south bank. Nobody died, nobody was arrested, and the nearest we got to water cannon was a few drops of rain at half time. Oddly quiet, though, for which we apologise: our electronics guru is looking at the Firebrox as we write to find out what stopped working, and we hope to have it back on the road this week. == WOW ANNUAL 2006 == THis went unremarked last week, but there's now a full year's worth of Week on Wheels in our web site archive. Seems longer. This time last year it looks like we were off to London Wall and Battersea having just come back from Barnes. Plus ca change ... No mention of really awful weather, though, which is a shame because it means we have to recycle the same old jokes with new text, instead of just pointing you at the last lot. http://www.lfns.co.uk/wow.php Speaking of which: == WHAT TO DO WHEN IT'S WET == We don't run skates in the rain (some find it unpleasant or dangerous, doubly so for marshals trying to get past the pack or who may have to take evasive action). But what else is ther to do in this town? We've spoken to a large number of London's cinemas, museums, bookshops and pubs, and can confirm exclusively that many of them will allow people in wearing shoes so you need not get your bearings wet while visiting. Often they're in covered venues too, and several even have heating so you need not wear the thermal fleece. Also: non-skating friends? Weather like this is a good time to go and see them; you may not get another chance for a while unless you injure yourself. == NAKED WOMEN! (and men) ON BICYCLES == SATURDAY 9th JUNE is the 4th year of the World Naked Bike Ride (and Skate). Each year more and more people participate in this protest against oil dependency and car culture - including, in past years, several LFNS skaters and marshals. The dress code is "bare as you dare" - wear as little or much as you wish. The police have approved the ride and will be doing traffic control at intersections. The route is 6 miles and only has one difficult bit for skaters - the cobblestones of Covent Garden (not impossible, but demanding). Organisers are expecting over 1000 participants, and tell us that more than 100 skaters are planning to come. It's part of National Bike Week and London Sustainability Week. And there's a web site. http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk == BIT AT THE BOTTOM == Feedback, comments, complaints, suggestions, please drop us a line through the feedback form on the site. To unsubscribe, see the link in the page footer. Don't email us, it will bounce. http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided that credit is given. All trademarks acknowledged. The LFNS is not responsible for the content of external web sites. Always use original spare parts. -- Sent from the London Friday Night Skate - http://www.lfns.co.uk/ Check out any time - see http://www.lfns.co.uk/unsubscribe.php?list=wow |
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