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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: 13 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:16:35 +0000 == THIS WEEK == FRIDAY: Watch out for black cats, avoid mirrors and ladders and, by all means, don't spill the salt. Most people will probably have realised that this week's skate is on Friday the 13th, a date commonly associated with bad luck. So, all day long, millions of superstitious skaters across the country will hold their breath anticipating misfortune, or, even worse, rain. Others will avoid leaving the house altogether, refusing to drive, shop or work on the ill-fated day. But whether you're a true paraskevidekatriaphobe (a person with an irrational fear of Friday the 13th) or just mildly suspicious: Touch wood, cross your fingers, and pop that lucky rabbit's foot in your pocket - and there will be an almost five-to-one chance that it won't rain at all that evening! This week the LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE is going to Southwark. We will leave at 8pm sharp, and half time will be at Joan St, near Southwark Station. The route is 12.1 miles long. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080613 The SUNDAY STROLL this week is going to Coram's Fields. Heading out via Sloane St, we pass through Victoria, past Parliament to Whitehall and Leicester Square, then through Covent Garden up to Coram's Fields and past Russell Square for half time (tube: Picadilly Line). We return through Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia and down Regent's Street before going round Berkeley Square and finishing with a skate down Park Lane. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080615 == LAST WEEK == Last Friday Markus led a small but perfectly formed group of skaters around what we lovingly refer to as the last third of the Circle Line Skate. The number of skaters was quite low because there was more than a small amount of rain at around 6pm, but besides being an expert skater, Markus knows a thing or two about weather forecasting, and his prediction that the rain would go away in time for the LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE proved accurate. Top marks for those that turned up on the night, they were rewarded by an unusually fast skate. A video is online now... http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080606 Sunday turned out to be one of the sunniest days of the year so far, and several hundred skaters joined lead marshal Steve for a SUNDAY STROLL to Battersea Park. Fun was had by all, and we took over 400 photos, so if you click the link below you are more likely than ever before to see pictures of yourself and your skating buddies. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080608 == SKATED NAKE == The WORLD NAKED BIKE AND SKATE RIDE will return to London on Saturday 14th June. The route is posted online, and includes a few cobbles in Covent Garden. However, the Naked Skate, as we prefer to call it, travels relatively slowly, getting through 6 miles of central London in about two hours. The organisers welcome all proficient skaters to the event, which they describe as "a protest against oil dependency and car culture, which has grown every year since 2004". Somewhat reassuringly, they add that it is fully sanctioned by the police and that no participants have been arrested since the event started. Over 1,000 people are expected to join in, and there is no need to be completely naked - the organisers say you can go "as bare as you dare". We hope to see you there. http://nakedwiki.org/wiki/London == HI FIIIIVE == This week our sincerest congratulations go out to Rob, who completed his first LFNS last week, and also to Paul, who finished his second. Well done guys, especially for turning out on such a dark evening and staying the course despite the aforementioned moisture. We hope to see you every Friday for evermore! == THE DUKE OF BOOTS == If last weekend seemed just a little more peaceful than normal, perhaps part of the reason was the ever jolly Yoli, cone dodger extraordinaire and no slouch on our streetskates, took a band of 33 skating friends to Vitoria to enjoy the Thursday Night Skate and a host of other activites. Among other things Vitoria is steeped in history as it was there in 1813 that the Duke of Wellington led a combined English, Spanish and Portuguese army that beat Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, elder brother of French Emperor Napoleon I. The result of the battle was to restore control of Spain to the, err, Spanish. For his efforts the Duke of Boots walked off with a bunch of nick-nacks that now furnish his old London flat, which is only a stone's throw from our start point at Hyde Park Corner. This was not an official skate trip, but if you ask her nicely Yoli might just show you some of her photos. == BLAH == Bye bye for now. 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 Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided credit is given. All trademarks are acknowledged. -- 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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