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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Serpents on Wheels Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:45:25 +0100 * This week: Vice City, Arsenal and the London Freewheel avoidance Stroll, followed by the London Freewheel * Last week: Ladbroke Grove, Judd Street and the Thames Festival * Life in the fast lane * Forthcoming events: Battle II, the Halloween and Santa Skates == THIS WEEK == WEDNESDAY: LONDONSKATE Route: Tonight, our friends at the LondonSkate are running the "Vice City" route: a tour of Victoria and Embankment with half time at Liverpool Street. This is the penultimate Wednesday night skate (their marshals hibernate during the winter), so make sure you don't miss it as in a couple of weeks there won’t be a skate. Route: http://www.londonskate.com/index.php/routes/full/Victoria%20%26%20City FRIDAY: Having hung out by the river last weekend for the Thames Festival, we're taking a 13 mile trip through Mayfair, Soho and Islington before arriving at the half time spot at the new Arsenal footie ground (nearest tube Holloway Road or Arsenal). There's a huge smooth open space for half time fun, and an interesting run back via a pretty little bridge over one of London's historic canals. Route: http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070921 SUNDAY: It's another surprise route this Sunday. Given that much of Central London will be reserved for cycles and skates (see below), expect to stay within the confines of the West End. Route: http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070923 AND MORE SUNDAY: This Sunday is the Hovis London Freewheel - also known as The Day of the Bicyclus Maximus Londinium. Cars, trucks (but most importantly taxis) will be banned from some streets in Central London allowing cyclists free reign. For those of us that get around on eight wheels and not two, the rumour is that the organisers seem quite happy to have us along. If you are lucky you might even get to see a familiar music bike around (both our FireBrox and the LondonSkate's Bass Freight should be out to play). http://www.londonfreewheel.com/ == LAST WEEK == FRIDAY: Markus led the LFNS on a skate down the North Face of Ladbroke Grove. Miraculously, most of the skate survived the first half even though the skate veered precipitously close to the Victoria skater's pub. It was in the second half that Markus was in full form: the skate sped down The North Face(TM) of Ladbroke Grove; climbed up the lumpy path through Holland Park; and finally cruised along Kensington High Street all the way back home. A totally feature packed skate. SUNDAY: Roger led his first SUNDAY STROLL through Mayfair, Soho and Fitzrovia arriving at the half time spot, a lovely little park called Judd Street Open Space. On the second half we cruised through Seven Dials in Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. The weather decided to smile on Roger with sunshine all the way (we've lots of smiley faces on the photos to prove it). http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070916/01 AND SUNDAY EVENING: At the Thames Festival Night Carnival, inliners fought quaddies with light sabres then joined in the Magic Slide and other dance moves to a disco-inspired theme. Lidwina, the patron saint of skating complete with halo constructed from broken CD’s bopped beneath a mirrorball suspended from the FireBrox. A 12-metre illuminated sea serpent, controlled by 6 skaters deftly weaved around chains of people skating backwards, and marauding vikings aiming to bring it to a slithering halt (the sea serpent won). Photos from skate photographer BigSteev document a flavour of the night’s antics. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsteev/sets/72157602050238618/ == LIFE IN THE FAST LANE == "Keep left" - "Keep left" - "Marshals passing through" Native English speakers (and anyone else who got reasonably far with the Linguaphone course) should be fairly clear on the concept by now: the skate stays left of the white line allowing the marshals a comfortable gap to proceed up the middle of the road without having to play chicken with oncoming buses. But regular LFNS skaters will also know the temptation of slipping out sideways to pass slower skaters or get to the front. So here's our exclusive Week on Wheels guide to not getting caught: 1) look behind you, and don't pull out in front of anyone. If you are lucky you will force them to shed speed, they will hate you, and you may find yourself being used as a brake. If you are less lucky you will force them to shed a lot of speed rapidly, and you may find yourself being used as a shock absorber, a cushion, or a toboggan. 2) it is not enough to be going faster than the person in front: the marshals are most probably going faster yet. Some of them go Very Fast(TM). If you are not keeping up you may be assisted - forwards or sideways. 3) plan ahead and identify where you will rejoin the skate. If you don't, and have to continue down the right hand side until you've overtaken the lead marshal, nobody will be very amused. 4) marshals won't protect you while you're pretending to be one, so you need to be aware of your surroundings. Including but not limited to: oncoming vehicles turning right, traffic islands, police motorbikes, potholes, stationary marshals giving directions, and pedestrians. In a collision you'll get 0 (zero) sympathy points for claiming that you didn't see them or that they shouldn't have been there. In summary: you skate at your own risk; skating in the marshal lane will tend to increase it. == COMING UP == OCTOBER Halloween Skate, 5pm, Sunday 28th October, starting from Serpentine Road http://www.halloweenskate.com/ NOVEMBER Battle UK II: Attack of the Cones. Nottingham, 10th November 2007. This freestyle skating event will feature speed slalom, freejump, 'battle rules' style slalom and a freestyle dance-off. http://qurl.net/2kH DECEMBER The LondonSkate’s Santa Skate, 5pm, Saturday 15th December, starting from Serpentine Road http://www.santaskate.com/ == END OF == Feedback, comments, complaints, suggestions, please drop us a line through the feedback form on the site. To unsubscribe, see the link that says "unsubscribe" in the footer. Don't reply to this email, 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. 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