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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Wending West this Week on Wheels Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:34:15 +0100 This Week, on Wheels * This week: Notting Hill and Marylebone * Last week: Queensway and Battersea Park * Next week: WE ARE SIX! Help us celebrate on the Circle Line Skate * Future events: Goodwood Roller Marathon * A Broxcyle built for 2 (2kW) * Volunteer first aiders and photographers wanted [ Subliminal message: WEAR YELLOW ] == THIS WEEK == Our friends the LONDONSKATE are doing their West End/Fitzrovia route. Meet by the bandstand tonight, 7:30pm for 8. The route takes in Parliament Sq, Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Av, Covent Garden, Tottenham Court Rd and Baker Street with half time at Brunswick Square. http://qurl.net/1BC In this week's LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE, we're off around the back streets of London through twisting mews, up through little Venice, under the M40 and down the hill to the back streets of Notting Hill for half time where the fun really starts - off through Holland Park and into Knightsbridge before looping around Hyde Park Corner, for a final lap of honour, starting down the smooth downhill streets of Victoria, past Westminster and No 10 for the final ascent by the Ritz for a last mad dash down to Hyde Park Corner. Now breath out. We tried to run this route a month ago but were rained off: check the LFNS site at 5pm on Friday which is when we make the weather call. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070427 The route for this week's SUNDAY STROLL is either a marvel of geometry, or the colouring in of a particularly uncoordinated goat, depending on how you like your art. Still, there's method to our madness as usual, except you'll have to wait till the Stroll to find out. Half time is just off Marylebone High Street. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/200704279 == LAST WEEK == "Tonight was fun, and thanks to the few that were serenading us throughout the skate in place of the music. Shame they only knew the choruses" - a skater "Dunno, I was stuck at the front the whole time. It sounded like people were enjoying themselves though - I'm sure someone would have said something otherwise" - a Lead Marshal Last FRIDAY was a fun but oddly quiet skate up to Queensway and then onwards into Kensington. Evil nasty surfaces on the first half gave way to a smooth downhill on Kensington Church Street and some nice twisty turny bits in the second half. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070420 SUNDAY saw a continuation of the good weather and consequently lots of skaters on the SUNDAY STROLL. Over 200 set off from Hyde Park towards Battersea Park where we stopped for refreshments in the café (did they run out of ice cream?) before wending our way back through Chelsea and some of the beautiful squares in Belgravia. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070422/01 We're delighted to see so many new faces (and some old ones - where have you been?), but dismayed to see the number of novices skating without protection. There were 2 nasty falls on Sunday both of which needed a trip to hospital. Knee and wrist protection is recommended, inexpensive, and easily available from skate shops and some sports shops. == NEXT WEEK: NO REPORTED DELAYS ON THE CIRCLE LINE == Our investigation into the repeted delays on the Circle Line skate has concluded that one of the two lead marshals for this event is lazy. It's a choice between Bren or Sol: one does 30km of training every week before the Stroll, the other hangs around the Vic a lot. Still, as Bren's promised to get us some new rolling stock, we're still on target for the Circle Line Skate next Friday, to celebrate our 6th Birthday. The route is an 18 mile anticlockwise loop passing (or near enough to get away with it) all of the Tube stations on the Circle Line. The skate is in three parts, starting at Wellington Arch as usual and passing Victoria at as our first and last station. The first section is a medium amble to Liverpool Street, then slightly faster to Paddington and then we have a change of Lead Marshal and Sol will lead the runaway train down Kensington Church Street for the last part which will be an adrenaline-fueled black run. Now that the FireBrox has been fixed and reportedly runs like it's on rails, we will have music blasting out from a special Circle Line mix that's been waiting patiently to be played. We have three riders taking turns so whatever the pace, the music will be with us. Want to be fashionably dressed? We really don't care whether you wear your pads inside or outside your trousers, but as it's the Circle Line skate, we'll be WEARING YELLOW. == FUTURE EVENT: GOODWOOD == Registration has just opened for this year's Goodwood Roller Marathon, which is being organised for the 2nd year running by the Camberley Skaters. In past years this event has been well attended by skaters who enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, picnic facilities and the variety of skaters and abilities that the event attracts. It's being held on the Goodwood Motor Circuit, near Chichester on Sunday July 29th, 2007. If the event is run as in previous years, you'll have a full 5 hours to complete the 11 laps or 26.2 miles for the full marathon (so there's plenty of time for picnic stops in there!) Otherwise you can go for the mini or midi marathons, at 5 and 12 miles each. The event has always been run for charity, and this year is supporting the NSPCC. http://www.goodwoodmarathon.co.uk/ == THE BIKE IS BACK IN TOWN == Making a welcome return on last week's Sunday Stroll was our FireBrox music bike, which had been out of action for the last 2 weeks since the brakes jammed on in the middle of the LFNS. Our bike team have spent many hours this last week stripping down the bike, replacing broken axles, bleeding the brakes and giving the Brox as much TLC as is legally possible. Despite the unseasonal temperatures, our bike rider and sometimes mender PeterC was enthusiastic about the new riding experience: "Now comes with Faris-o-matic, a feature that makes it feel like someone is pushing you all the time. It's much easier to ride, easier to accelerate, and when cruising you can have a breather as it just rolls along." == PHOTO FINISH == Over the last few months we've had many offers of the use of your photographs for our LFNS galleries. You may have also noticed occasional delays in us getting the photo galleries on the LFNS website uploaded and sorted each week. Our technical brain has been hard at work and come up with a solution involving the popular Flickr.com site, which we like and think you will too. If you're on Flickr send mail to dan_b to find out details, otherwise get yourself registered there and watch this space for further instructions... http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9703620-2.html http://www.flickr.com/ == FIRST AIDERS WANTED == If you attend the skates regularly and have a current first aid qualification, we'd love to hear from you. We can provide fetching green hi-viz jackets http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus == THIS SERVICE TERMINATES HERE == 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 (down a bit, yes, there). [WEAR YELLOW]. 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. Mind the gap. -- 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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