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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Washout on Wheels: Beatling about Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:30:42 +0100 This week, on wheels: * This week: a Magical Mystery Tour, and Tower Hill. Plus the Londonskate take it to the bridge(s) * Last week: was wet * Coming up: one-way Strolls * London to Brighton * Roads For Bikes == THIS WEEK - ROLL UP == STEP RIGHT THIS WAY for the LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE's Magical Mystery Tour. We go round some of the famous Beatles London landmarks including * 57 Wimpole Street, home of Macca's girlfriend Jane Asher * EMI House * the Apple Boutique on Baker Street * Paul McCartney's London home on Cavendish Avenue * the Abbey Road Studios * Primrose Hill (as featured in "The Fool on the Hill" - but please try not to fall on the hill ...) * then Trident Studios in Soho * Haymarket, past the Art Shop where John met Ono * and back to Hyde Park http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070518 We didn't manage to lose our heads last week, so the SUNDAY STROLL is again Heading to a Beheading. The route takes us east across the City for a half time stop at The Tower. Slightly longer than normal for a Stroll as we have to avoid most of the roadworks around the Central West End, it'll be about 11 miles in total, but we're promised an additional short break on the homeward stretch. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070520 And TONIGHT, the LondonSkate hope to cross those bridges when they come to them. Meet 7:30pm as usual opposite the bandstand on Serpentine Road for a departure at 8pm. The skate is weather dependent, check the thread on the forum to see if they're running or not. http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24917 == LAST WEEK == "ok... I'm in the pub already... doesn't look good 4 2nite" Last week was wet. You noticed, presumably. == BRIGHTON ROCK (AND ROLL) == 17th June is the date of the annual London-Brighton bike ride, when 27000 people get their bikes out of the shed and "I haven't done any training, you know" wobble along this 54 mile route before pushing their bikes up Ditchling Beacon. Last year a small group of London skaters decided to do it on skates instead, and they all came back saying how great it was, so this year we plan to repeat the experience. Advantages: nobody will believe you've done it, it looks so much cooler, and you can go home on the train (cyclists can't, due to overcrowding concerns). And it's a great way to promote skating to cyclists - especially when you overtake them :-) If you're interested, have a look at the thread on the serpentineroad.com forum. There'll probably be several groups at a range of speeds, so if you think you can cope with the distance don't worry that you'll be too slow. And if you're not interested in doing it yourself, have a gander at Dan Benton's Justgiving page, where he's raised over £700 already for Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. http://www.serpentineroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24088 http://www.justgiving.com/dans-l2bskate http://www.londonskaters.com/skate-trips-london-to-brighton-2006.htm == ROADS FOR BIKES? == "One of the golden rules of cycling is never to go up the inside of lorries. The new code effectively tells you to do this." - John Franklin, author of Cyclecraft (endorsed by RoSPA) This has been in the news a bit already: the new revision of the Highway Code currently before Parliament tells cyclists to use cycle routes "wherever possible". This is a big change from the current version that merely says "where practicable" - any cyclist will be happy to tell you that many cycle facilities are downright impractical: less safe and less convenient than the roads they run alongside. But we're skaters, not cyclists - why should we care? Well, if cyclists (who've been using roads since the invention of the bicycle) get squeezed into "separate but equal" facilities by measures like this, it's unlikely the courts will have much more sympathy with eight-wheeled road users. And then how are we going to find new routes for street skates? What can you do about it? Sign the petition and write to your MP: http://www.camcycle.org.uk/campaigning/issues/highwaycode/ http://www.camcycle.org.uk/newsletters/70/article8.html == LITTLE BIT OF POLITICS THERE, THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT == 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). 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. To reduce risk of fire or burns, do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external contacts, or dispose of in fire or water. -- 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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