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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: A Date To Remember Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:03:58 +0000 == THIS WEEK == This FRIDAY is THE EXTRA DATE SKATE - the day when traditionally, ladies are permitted do away with tradition to propose to their true love. Also, traditionally a day to get your skates on and burn some proverbial rubber. Tis a Best of London route, 10.something miles going through loads of touristy bits, with a red route pace throughout so all the lovely stroll marshalls can come and join us trying to keep Critical Mess out of the skate. Also perfect for first time Friday Nighters. http://maps.lfns.co.uk/map.html?BSB-290208 The SUNDAY STROLL goes north to Camden. There's a good chance we're going to have photographers waiting for us when we get there, and quite possibly there will be a local journalist or two doing interviews at half time. So remember to put on your best smiles and show everyone those special tricks you have been learning recently. There are some nice LONG straight runs (sorry marshals), and the usual meandering through central London to get there. The route is just under 8 miles, but it's downhill all the way back, honest http://maps.lfns.co.uk/map.html?02032008 == LAST WEEK == When lead marshal Edd said dig it, we dug it. And so it was that last week's LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE went underground, well, as often as it could. One skater said of the night, "That was a really good skate which really worked much better with the smaller winter crowd. My only question is, why did the roads turn so slippery after half time?" While opinions vary, rumours that London's cabbies clubbed together and greased the roads for us seem to be unfounded. Lube Man, our resident lubrication consultant, reckons it was due to a combination of Diesel spilled on the road and the cold night air condensing on the relatively warm roads. Hey, anything Lube Man says is alright by us. On Sunday Roggie took the love train that is the SUNDAY STROLL all the way, this time to the doughnut sanctuary that is Euston Station. In a change to our published timetable, the Sunday Stroll turned its nose at the British Library in favour of the superior fast food outlets of Euston Square. Having polished off a few doughnuts at half time, Strollers one and all formed an orderly pack and began the journey back to Hyde Park via Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. As he offered his telescope to his blind eye, Nelson of Trafalgar was heard to say, "I see no skaters...", but he would say that, being as he passed away long before Wellington Boots were invented, let alone polyurethane wheels and ABEC bearings. Comedy, they say, is all about timing, and he is the late Lord Nelson. == EOSTRE GEN == Three and a half weeks until the Easter Eggstravaganza, and we're pleased to be able to confirm the involvement of * the Londonskaters Freestyle Club (LSFC), who will be conducting a free jump workshop on Monday afternoon. * Rollback Skating, who will be teaching those old-school quad skating moves on Saturday afternoon, alongside the ICP inline instructors. Details shortly to be posted on our shiny new web site (now with actual pictures) http://www.easterskate.co.uk/ According to a popular piece of folklore, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became the modern Easter Bunny. == STRUTTING OUR STUFF == Poles in Britain have had something of a mixed reaction from the more conservative elements of our press, but we've found them to be smart, strong and reliable elements of our operation, doing their job quietly and without fuss. What are we talking about? Skaters on Sunday will have seen Firebrox 2.1 out to play, now with extra metalwork to hold the speakers off the ground and away from the rider's head. Our test rider said "I rode it all the way to the start point without any music on, listening to the nice sounds of the park, not the crashing, banging, squeaking and grinding from the bike behind me". Special thanks to Mick for the metalwork, and the usual Firebrox crew for fitting and fettling. == DISCLAIMER== Don't reply to this mail: 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 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 only thing more boring than listening to other peoples dreams is listening to their problems" - Pauline Mole. -- 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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