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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] It's all about parks! Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:28:38 +0000 ==THIS WEEK== Markus will be leading us northwards on FRIDAY with a trip to Chalk Farm (half time), where many a skater will probably visit the excellent ice cream shop. We return to Hyde Park via the west side of Regent's Park with a final sprint the full length of Park Lane. It's a while since we've been that way and we're confident that Markus has found some of the 'interesting' surfaces that he is famous for. His skates are always that little bit different so don't let his reputation put you off. And remember: the skate leaves at 8.00. Be there or be running to catch up. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080516 SUNDAY sees us heading eastwards to Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and sometime home to the Royal Observatory. Yes, it's time to take the skate to the Tower. Half time is at Tower Hill, for ice cream (we hope) and the Ceremony of the Allen Keys (we expect). The Tower's first prisoner is said to be Ranulf Flambard in 1100, Bishop of Durham. He escaped from the White Tower by climbing down a rope which had been smuggled into his cell in a wine casket - security procedures for prison visitors those days presumably being more lax than they are today. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080518 ==LAST WEEK== 'Apprentice' fans will have enjoyed the trip to Hackney Town Hall, although old man Sugar was nowhere about. People who don't watch 'The Apprentice' (are there any?) will have no idea what I'm talking about. Roger led FRIDAY's low-calorie, Sugar-free skate to the far north-east, accompanied by a music bike that pumped out old favourites until suffering a main-frame failure on the return leg. The bike was stripped down and finished its journey on the bus, unlike the rest of us who made it back to Hyde Park Corner on our skates. Around 30 photographs made it onto our website by Saturday afternoon. If you haven't seen them, click this link: http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080509 SUNDAY saw over 200 skaters join us for the sort of afternoon that the Sunday Stroll is all about. With brilliant blue skies and temperatures in the mid-twenties, Lead Marshal Alan took us on a relaxed tour of Victoria with half time at Westminster Cathedral. Marshals deployed water pistols for the first time this year. We took so many photographs that it took most of Monday to get them all online. Also for the first time this year, we made a short video which is available alongside the photographs at this address: http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080511 ==COMING UP== Sunday Strolls, like the LFNS, are generally circular – starting and finishing at Hyde Park. In the summer, though, we like to get further afield and once a month we take a ONE WAY STROLL to a destination outside Zone 1. The first One Way Stroll of the year will be on Sunday 25 May when Lead Marshal Markus will be taking us East to Victoria Park. The One Ways are a little longer than the regular strolls and (by definition) don't come back, so plan ahead for an extended afternoon. ==HALF TIME== Apparently, at least one skater lost the Stroll at half time because they went in search of refreshment and didn't make it back before we left. Half time is generally supposed to be around 10 minutes on both Fridays and Sundays. While they have been known to run over, the half hour that our missing skater apparently expected has never (quite) happened. If you think you might be 15 minutes in the ice cream queue (easy enough in this weather), check which direction the skate will be leaving in and be prepared to sprint and catch us up. ==GLOBAL WARMING== The sudden rise in temperature means that parts of London's roads already resemble primeval tar pits. As those who staggered into the stickiness outside Buckingham Palace will have learned on Sunday, the dramatic reduction in forward motion of the skates can lead to a rapid increase in downward motion of the skater. Watch out for the patches that the various utilities have been dabbing all over the highway and be ready for sudden slowness or future palaeontologists will be digging out skater bones alongside the mammoth skeletons and then they'll get very confused. ==SKATE PATROL== The coming of summer means that countless small furry animals are emerging from their long winter sleep. Keen-eyed skaters will see the red markings of the Skate Patrol volunteers, their colourful T shirts attracting beginner skaters to their FREE stopping lessons. The Skate Patrol volunteers can be seen in their natural habitat along Serpentine Road (by the boathouses) on Sunday afternoons. If you are a nervous skater or have trouble stopping, do take advantage of their free lessons. And if you're an experienced skater who can stop on a dime, then consider volunteering to help them out. ==GARAGE SPACE REQUIRED== PLease remember that we are still looking for garage space for our music bike from the end of August. If anyone can help in any way, please contact us using the feedback form on our web page or speak to one of the marshals. ==THAT'S ALL FOLKS== As our Editor wilts in the heat and his PC fans threaten to take the machine to take-off speed, we leave you for another week. Skate safe and remember: don't reply to this email - it will bounce. Use the feedback form on our site instead. 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 The writing on the wall says... http://www.flickr.com/photos/19711606@N00/2487484416/ Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided credit is given. 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