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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] One Way on Wheels: thank Kew very much Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:40 +0100 This week, on wheels * This week: Clerkenwell and 1-way to Kew * Last week: St John's Wood and Bayswater * Alight here * A taste of the Carnival without the crowds * etc etc == THIS WEEK == "In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular" -- George Bernard Shaw On Earth it's still a great big hill, though. The LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE heads towards Clerkenwell and Islington, although as a gesture to skaters (and Firebrox riders) who found Primrose Hill tough going last week we won't be doing the whole climb. Half time is just off the City Road, and the second half should include a few fast bits (Embankment, Whitehall, Millbank). Or else. LM by Dan, Music by Marty, skates model's own. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070824 In a departure from our last 2 Eastbound 1-way SUNDAY STROLLS, we now change direction and head West on a 12-mile route along the Thames (and the very skate-able Thames Path) to finish in leafy Kew, close to the train station. We make two rest stops, the first at Parsons Green and the second at Chiswick Village. Please BRING SHOES to get home in, as this is a 1-way skate and we will be staying in Kew and NOT returning to Hyde Park. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070826 Tonight's LONDONSKATE is 'Bridge the Town', a lovely route crossing four bridges and following the whole length of the Embankment from Tower Bridge to Parliament. Meet by the bandstand on Serpentine Road at 7:30pm, they leave at 8pm. == LAST WEEK == WOW! No, not Week on Wheels but the general response to Markus's LFNS round town. It was a classic Markus route - but with only one really nasty section of cobbles. Fast bits, hilly bits, spectacular downhills and, yes, probably the most evil high speed dash onto cobbles followed by a right angle turn through a narrow gate. And yet the most serious accident the First-Aiders had to deal with was a cramped leg. Everyone must have been practising or something. - 'Was it slow tonight?' -- Debbie, LFNS virgin No, Debbie, it wasn't. I hope we don't bore you this week. Our SUNDAY STROLL expedition to find the Northwest Passage was defeated by pack ice, starvation, scurvy and lead poisoning. Or, depending on who you believe, by the weather forecast. We'll try it again later in the year. == FIAT LUX == It's getting dark out there again: sunset is 8:10pm and it's dark by 9. This means that it's time for our annual reminder to WEAR LIGHTS. The front and the back of the skate are comprehensively lit up, but for only a small investment in clip-on cycle lights or those dangly things you can significantly reduce the chance of car drivers pulling out from driveways or car parks into your path. Also helps for skating home or to the pub or the tube station after we've returned to Hyde Park. Expect to pay about a tenner. (Note that we ask you not to wear hi-vis on the skate because of the potential for confusion with the marshals. Some people are easily confused) == PRRRRUP! AI! AI! CARNIVAL == Start your anti-rain dances for this Sunday, because it's Notting Hill Carnival weekend. A group of skaters led by Skatefresh's Asha Kirby will be gliding around the empty streets of the pre-carnival route, from 11am - 1pm this Sunday. It should be a delight to skate, 80% of the route is super smooth and there is no speed limit! The dress code is both 'Carnival' and 'colourful'. There's still time after the skate to make it to the park for our one-way Sunday Stroll to Kew, or stay on and boogie on your skates when the party gets going. Rumour is that there may be a Firebrox too. Just turn up at 11am at the corner of Westbourne Grove and Chepstow Road (Monsoon shop on the corner, nearest tube Bayswater). Or see the map below. http://qurl.net/1YS == FORTHCOMING == - Best of London skate on Friday 31st August - London Inline Marathon on Sunday 2nd September - Hovis London Freewheel 23rd September == AND LASTLY == We'd like to answer one of the questions we get asked most often here at Week on Wheels Central (apart from "what day is the LFNS"): "How can I join the elite group of philanthropists who get name checked in skating newsletters?" Easy. You give marshal Bren 26p, as did one of those who wanted to express his undying gratitude after Friday's skate. And if you give US your name, Mr A Non E-mouse, we'll mention it right here. (and the other: "Friday") Comments? Other questions? Don't reply to this mail: it'll bounce. Use the feedback form on our site. To unsubscribe, use the link in the mail footer - right at the bottom after the copyright notice. http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus Small print: 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 web sites. Avoid contact with skin. -- 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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