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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: The Great Escape (r) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:00:21 +0000 This week, on wheels * This week: Under London, and Bishop's Park * Last week: London Friday Might Skate (But Didn't), and Sunday Slosh * Easterskate, The Making Of * Boring legal bit * All kinds of dates == THIS WEEK == The LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE is another attempt at the rained off "tunnel under the wall" route from a few weeks ago - who says TV is the only place you can see repeats of The Great Escape? Highlights include the American Embassy, Haymarket, Trafalgar Square, then round by the Embankment to St Pauls before heading under the tunnels around London Wall for half time at Moorgate. Then it's a fast sprint over around and under Waterloo then underneath, then a sprint through Victoria Street and the Tate Modern and returning via Sloane square to Hyde Park Corner. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070216 And then on SUNDAY we're Skating In The Year 4705. It's the Chinese Year of the Pig, and we're heading westward to Bishops Park. To make up for the cancellation of last week's Stroll, the route is a bit longer than normal, working out to a total of just over 9 miles. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070218 There is, actually, no Chinese theme to the skate at all. But there will be fireworks in Leicester Square at 5pm, so stick around at the end and see if other people are headed that way too. http://www.chinatownchinese.co.uk/EventInfo2007.htm == LAST WEEK == Not a lot. We were particularly unlucky with the weather last week; neither the LFNS or Sunday Stroll went ahead. Instead, a group of really dedicated skaters set off on a "suicide stroll". Suicide (unmarshalled) skates sound daunting: they're not organised and you have to look out for yourself more than usual, but there are a few of these each week, so if you're comfortable skating in traffic, just turn up and have a go. Tip: Tuesdays are usually more relaxed than the more frenetic-paced Wednesday. Check the threads on Serpentine Road for details of what happens each each week. == EASTERSKATE: BEHIND THE SCENES == The Easter programme is now firmed up - Friday - Long Good Friday Night Skate, 7pm start Hyde Park Corner Saturday - Free workshops from the ICP skateschools, LSST Long Slow Skate (TBC) 3 - 5pm Sunday - the Sunday Bunny Stroll 2pm Monday - SkatePatrol Treasurehunt in Hyde Park - 5pm And for behind-the-scenes news on the Easter weekend, you need BunnyBlog, where we're writing it all down as soon as we decide it - indeed, sometimes before we decide it. And more importantly, many silly photos. http://bunnyskate.blogspot.com/ == SKIP THIS BIT, IT'S BORING == From time to time we hear that people are using websites to solicit Paypal donations, apparently to support the running of the Friday and Sunday group skates. Please be warned that this isn't us. We don't know where the money goes, but it doesn't come here. If you've donated money in the past year in this way, under the impression that it would be spent on the Firebrox sound system, or on the radios we use, or on hosting for www.lfns.co.uk, or on vests or training for our new marshals, it hasn't. Please do report it to PayPal. (If you would like to help support the skates financially, we're currently exploring ways that you can do that and know for sure where the money went. Give us a few weeks to sort out details, then come and find the marshals before or after the skate and ask) == HOLDING HANDS AT THE BACK == This year as every year we celebrate Valentine's Day with an amnesty on loved-up couples holding hands at the back of the skate and paying no attention to their surroundings[*]. If you aren't one of them, and you want to be, our friends at inlineplanet.com are plugging their new venture singleskaters.com. From the description, "Get access to our community of compassionate singles and join the fun. Send Free Messages, flirt with True Skaters and Fitness Enthusiasts and see where things lead!". Because, obviously, you don't want to flirt with False Skaters, they'll only break your heart. http://www.singleskaters.com/ [*] not that you can take advantage of it, we'll be back to our usual shouty selves by Friday == AND OTHER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KINDS OF DATE == The Circle Line Skate is now fixed for 20th April, the first Friday with sunset after 8pm. The LondonSkate (Wednesday nights) will also be resuming that week, on the 18th. They scooped us last year on the Halloween Skate, so we're beating them to the announcement of their thing this year. (We love them really, yes) http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/i-dates-medjool.jpg == TAILING OFF == Spacer(n): not content with shuffling along following the crowd, this skater seeks new challenges and open space on the other side of the road. Not quite of this world (or long for it), he will someday find that the bubble his perceptions are filtered through is no protection agains the oncoming car that it's fitered out. 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. If you 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. Don't Sleep in the Subway. -- 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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