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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] "Week on Wet Wheels, or why we spent Sunday in the pub" Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:20:34 +0000 == THIS WEEK == FRIDAY - GO WEST (AGAIN) Continuing our theme of 'Nights out in SW London', this week Lead Marshal Markus is taking the London Friday Night Skate on a 12.5 mile trip to Battersea, with a black route going up Nine Elms Lane. "I don't know what all the fuss is about, we don't skate over any ploughed fields this week," said Markus proudly. http://MTH071123 SUNDAY - TAKE THEM BALLY SKATERS TO THE TOWER This Sunday we're making a trip to the Tower and winding our way through the West End and the City past some famous landmarks. Courting controversy we'll pass the Old Bailey and the High Court and in special honour of one of our marshals, we'll stroll along Saffron Hill. Measuring some 9 miles, this route is a slightly longer than a normal Sunday Stroll, but then it's been a while since we last did one, so let's take them bally skaters to the tower! http://Triptothetower ==LAST WEEK== FRIDAY - Last Friday Sol took the skate to the wild west in search of cowboys, twirly ropes and flappy trousers. Firebrox made a welcome return to the LFNS following his hardware overhaul. Powered by legs of Rick, the Brox pumped out a Roggiemix to the good citizens of Southfield and Putney. But with some 15 miles to fit into our 2 hour slot, Sol was not distracted by Shaggy or flappy pants, which is unusual for her. Instead she cracked the whip, left early, had a short half time and kept the pace fast throughout. Like any good cowgirl, this seemed to go down well, with many a skater declaring it was the best skate of the year. Rick and Brox also had a sweaty fun filled evening. Brox wants to thank Rick for his trick with the ropes, and Rick wants to thank the skaters that helped with the hilly bits. We want to thank everyone for everything - well done one and all! SUNDAY - Close but no cigar! Last Sunday we tried in vain to run a skate but even though it was dry at 2pm, our Lead Marshal had skated the route that morning and found it covered in damp leaves and puddles... so even without the rain it would've be horrible. By the time 3.30 arrived.. well you know the rest. We'll re-run the Cuban Cigar skate next year. ==GRIPE WATER== There was some confusion last Sunday when about 20 skaters turned up at Hyde Park expecting to go on a Sunday Stroll. The skaters were not exactly griping about the lack of rain, but they didn't understand why they had not been told the skate had been cancelled. We understand that it’s not always easy to check our web site on Sunday morning to see the Go/No Show notice telling everyone whether the skate is going ahead. We also know that many people don’t want to use the WAP version of the Go/No Show notification system. And we’re aware that on rare occasions, like last Sunday, the absence of rain at lunchtime is no guarantee that the skate will go ahead at 2pm. However, each lead marshal puts many hours of work into the skate during the week before their skate is scheduled to run, and it’s the lead marshal that makes the final decision a few hours before the skate is due to start. With so much work invested in the skate beforehand, the lead marshal is not going to cancel a skate unless they really believe the weather would make skating dangerous as well as unpleasant. We very much regret it when people turn up at the park to find that the skate has been cancelled. Unfortunately we are still thinking of ways to avoid this happening. Please bear in mind that nobody connected with the LFNS and Sunday Stroll makes any money from the skate, so paying someone to stand in the park to tell people the skate has been cancelled is not a realistic option. In a recent discussion on www.serpentineroad.co.uk someone suggested a free SMS alert service. We’ll be looking into this and the other suggestions that have been offered, and hope to bring you some good news very soon. Meanwhile, if you don’t have broadband at home, it might be a good idea to phone a friendly skater to check if the skate is going ahead before heading to the park. wap.lfns.co.uk == PLANNING: THE SCOUT IS OUR SECRET WEAPON == With so many marshals milling around on Sunday Strolls and London Friday Night Skates, you might be forgiven for wondering how they know which way to go - surely they don't all know the route? Some say the Lead Marshal communicates the route using special bearings and lubricant, in actual fact it turns out they normally use a piece of paper. Having designed the route and checked there are no unskateable chunks of gravel or stairs, the Lead Marshal prints the route map and gives it to a special marshal called the 'scout'. The scout then leads a handful of marshals around the route a few days before the skate is scheduled to take place. As well as learning the route beforehand and showing the marshals where to go on the night, the scout also ensures that every road junction is covered by a marshal before the main pack of skaters arrives. You can sometimes spot the scout hanging around on a street corner waiting for marshals, bearings or lubricant, but most skaters normally never see the scout or even know that we have one. Well we do, so dib dib dib and wiggle my woggle. == WANT TO GO HOME NOW == If you wish to stop receiving these emails, please don't email us, it bounces - use the unsubscribe link in the email footer. 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 are acknowledged. The LFNS is not responsible for the content of external internet sites, mince pies, inaccurate stuffing of turkeys or the loss of precious government databases. Anyone found Santaskating without a valid ticket will be put in a taxi (shudder) and sent to the North Pole (shudder more). -- 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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