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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels : Wooden Chairs Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:20:35 +0100 This week, on wheels * This week: Moorgate and Battersea Park * Last week: Covent Garden: so good we skated it twice * London Inline Marathon: last change for cheap registration * Marshal Profile: Mike == THIS WEEK == There's quite a lot packed into this week's LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE. West End - Embankment - St Paul's - tunnels under the Barbican - large wooden armchairs at half time in Aldgate. Through the City - over the Thames - around, through, and under Waterloo. Westminster - Chelsea - smooth surfaces - lovely squares - last sprint towards Hyde Park Corner. 20 tunnels, 2 bridges and down 4 hills (though that does mean we have to go up as well). http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070810 On this week's SUNDAY STROLL, we'll be taking a 7-mile meandering route round Chelsea and Battersea, with half time inside the park itself. Your lead marshal this week is Steve Cares. And he really does. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070812 TONIGHT'S LONDONSKATE takes us for an outing in the country, to leafy Barnes. This is one of the few routes that can only be skated in summer as some of the roads are unlit so we have to hotfoot it there before dusk. Meet by the bandstand on Serpentine road at 7:30pm for an 9pm departure. Sunset tonight is at 20:37. http://qurl.net/1Wi == LAST WEEK == On FRIDAY Markus pulled a route out of his hat at short notice, leading us around the smooth streets of Belgravia, Chelsea and Soho. Just when we thought he was losing his touch, he gave us a free ankle massage on the cobbles in Covent Garden. N.B.: IT'S A STREET SKATE. In the first half of the skate the marshals were approached by a well-dressed young man who politely explained he had just been run into by a skater going backwards on the pavement. In this case the pedestrian was willing to look past the immediate situation and see the overall picture - a group of people out for a fast funky Friday night on wheels. But we know that not everyone we meet may react so thoughtfully, and a complaint from an injured pedestrian is asking to have the whole thing shut down. So please - STAY OFF THE PAVEMENT WHEN YOU SKATE! The SUNDAY STROLL went on and on and on - at least, it looked like that when watching it go past. With a newly-fixed music bike and just under 270 skaters, we headed back to Covent Garden and Coram's Fields to the sound of 60's music. Many thanks to 'Tish who volunteered to ride the FireBrox, we hope you'll ride for us again soon. == NOT QUITE NEXT WEEK == On 26th August, we'll be running another of our one-way destination Sunday Strolls, ending in leafy Kew. It'll be around 12 miles, with stops at Parsons Green and Chiswick. Bring shoes. == IN A FEW WEEKS == Gremlins got into last week's mention of the LONDON INLINE MARATHON when someone fed Dan after midnight. It takes place on 2nd SEPTEMBER *not* 2nd August. Which means you haven't missed it, and there's even still time to register before the price goes up on Friday. Organisers are pleased to announce that there will after all be a free t-shirt with every entry, thanks to sponsorship from londonskaters.com. The good news for marshals of the London street skates (LFNS, LondonSkate, Sunday Stroll) is that there's also a 10% discount if you register before Friday. Pay in the normal way and then contact an LSST bod to claim your cash back. http://www.londoninlinemarathon.com/registration.php == ONE PUFF OF SMOKE AND HE'S GONE == Mike has been skating since before it was cool and is hence one of the longest serving marshals, having started at the wee age of 16. (This was before the skate had Organisation and Rules and being 16 wasn't seen as a problem.) He used to be around a lot but then - Hey Presto! he vanished. Perhaps it was something to do with his joining the Magic Circle but more likely it was just the need to keep the girlfriend happy. However, he does turn up whenever he gets the chance and then you'll see him racing ahead of the pack while complaining that he's so out of practice he can't keep up any more. It's said that many of the other marshals find him intensely irritating though we maintain he has a certain puppyish charm (or so the girlfriend says). Mike is one of our qualified First Aiders and trains with the Territorial Army where he is a budding bomb technician. This means that if you have the odd bump or bruise, you should get it checked out by Mags or Tammy but if you are shot in the chest you should hang on for Mike. Mike will soon be spending his term times away from London but he expects to be around often enough to annoy us. He will be back in town fairly regularly, working the odd magic gig amongst other things. (It says here on this flyer that somehow seems to have dropped from his pocket that he is available for private and corporate functions and can offer discounted "skate-rates".) Mike's career plans involve the Army and his ambition is to stay alive. So that would mean keeping on the left, then, would it Mike? == ENDING ON A BUM NOTE == If you like your toilet humour, we think you'll love this narrative from a cyclist prescribed an industrial-strength laxative by his local hospital. Thanks to LondonSkaters Mike for the link. http://qurl.net/1Wk If you feel the urge to share a similar story, don't reply to this mail: it'll bounce. Use the feedback form on our site. 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