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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Great skates, baby! Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:54:44 +0100 This week, on wheels * This week: The great Peter skateoff: St John’s Wood and Embankment * Last week: Name that marshal and one-way to Tower Hill * Roads 4 bikes petition update * Marshals welcome baby AAA * Skate dates for your diary * Boring legal bit == THIS WEEK: THE GREAT PETER ST SKATEOFF == PeterC kicks off the weekend by leading the LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE past Lords and northwards to St John’s Wood for half time. Peter’s still feeling a little sore from the Preston marathon last weekend so go easy on him in the first half, and he’ll repay you with some blistering runs along the west side of Regent’s Park and a push down Baker Street on the black route which forms the second half of this 12 mile skate. We meet at 8pm at Hyde Park Corner – we post the weather call on the LFNS site at 5pm on Friday. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070608 On this week’s SUNDAY STROLL, Pete L (aka Kensey) takes us on a relaxed tour of Mayfair and Covent Garden then along the Embankment where we pause for half time. We pass some high visibility tourist spots, so polish up your bearings and dress to be seen. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070610 And TONIGHT, get to the bandstand by 7:30 to pick up free goodies before the LondonSkate kicks off. This week's route is a variation of the classic 'West End & Fitzrovia' route, including some good runs along Piccadilly, Whitehall and New Cavendish St. Half time at Liverpool St. Free stuff from AQA, which apparently is a service that answers text message questions, rather than a commentary on the meteorological conditions. aqa can u tell me will it rain 2nite? thx http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25307 == LAST WEEK == "great skate! hadn't done a friday one for a while, really enjoyed it." Just one of many comments from Sol's roads-with-names-of-marshals skate on FRIDAY. Thanks to everyone who came, and of course to all the volunteers in the vests - special mentions to Brook, Conduit, Portman, Montagu, Theobald, Long, High and St Martin. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070601 “ Some people take to skating like a fish to water, others take a bit longer. It’s all down to practice”. The Sunday Stroll, featured in Monday’s Metro newspaper. “I came on my first ever Sunday Stroll this weekend and had the best time ever! The pace was perfect and I loved the route through London. It was great fun and I will definitely be back again. Thank you! Alice” Congratulations to Alice and also to Sarah, for completing their first Stroll last week. This weekend marked the fifth anniversary of the SUNDAY STROLL and Lead Marshal Alan decided to celebrate with the first one-way skate of the summer. He led almost 250 people through the West End and the City to a half time stop at Tower Hill and then on along the river before turning north to finish at Mile End. Whenever we head along the Thames we seem to be blessed with good weather and this Sunday was no exception. Even without the music bike (parts of the route were not bike-friendly) the skate was enormous fun and those of us who made it that extra half mile to the pub got to relax by the water and enjoy a well-deserved break after our trip. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070603/01 == MARATHONING MARSHALS == 10 marshals made the long trek to Preston last Sunday to compete in the North Region marathon. Although we didn’t manage to retain last year’s team trophy, all completed the race and received a handful of medals for our trouble. Congratulations to Peter C, Natasha, Dan, Sol, Fred, Hans, Tanya, Ray, Rick and Nina. This was the first event in the British Inline Cup series, with the Goodwood Roller Marathon and the London Inline Marathon still to go. == GREAT SKATES, BABY == Congratulations to Kate and Duracell, LFNS marshals who are celebrating the arrival of their baby boy on Monday morning. As yet unnamed, but nicknamed Duracell AAA by their friends, this 3.5kg little fella has already completed 2 marathons (Goodwood and Berlin last year). == MORE ROADS 4 BIKES == Thanks to people who signed the roads4bikes petition and/or contacted their MP about the proposed changes to cycling advice in the Highway Code. The online petition collected over 22,000 signatures, MPs received hundreds of letters, and the Cambridge Cycling Campaign and the CTC also made sustained lobbying efforts. The upshot is – good news, they're changing it. The Department for Transport have now produced another draft, which has significantly better wording to rules 61 and 63 The revised version is expected to come out in the autumn. http://www.camcycle.org.uk/campaigning/issues/highwaycode/ == SKATERS WANTED FOR LE MANS == Teams are still looking for skaters to take part in the Le Mans 24 hour race on June 30-July 1. You don’t have to be a fantastic skater, but it’ll help if you’ve completed a few street skates, can brake on a hill and turn a corner on your skates. You’ll be joined by around 100 skaters from London and 2,000 others from all over the world. It’s an unmissable experience, if only for the atmosphere, and you’ll be skating on the famous Le Mans 24-hour circuit. Contact us via the feedback form for more details. http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus == DATES FOR YOUR DIARY == London to Brighton skate 17th June Eastbourne Extreme skate festival 14th & 15th July Inline Games 2007, Hannover, Germany 20-22 July Goodwood Roller Marathon - 29th July http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24088 http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22780 http://www.inlinegames.de/?lang=en http://www.goodwoodmarathon.co.uk/ == WHAT SAY THE LAWYERS? == Feedback, comments, complaints, suggestions, please drop us a line through the feedback form on the site. 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