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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: Mews-ic to our ears Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:04:29 +0000 == THIS WEEK == The LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE this week is billed by LM Markus as the "Robert the Bruce" skate - it's his birthday, innit? After seeing some of the narrow traffic-free roads he'd incorporated into it we did suggest a new name but in the end decided that would be not so a-mew-sing after all. The route runs around Hyde Park and Holland Park, with half time on Queensway. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080711 But if Friday's the Robert the Bruce skate, the SUNDAY STROLL with its strange frisson of deja roule must surely be the Brucie Bonus. (Wasn't it the Great Scot who said, 'If at first you don't succeed...'?) Half time this time at Marylebone. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080713 == LAST WEEK == FRIDAY found Lead Marshal Bren taking us to Barnes. 'Have we been here before?' he asked as we pulled up for half time by the duck pond. Then it was, 'I can't remember why I came here,' and he was off back to Hyde Park Corner. When he got there, he looked at the throng following behind him and asked, 'Are you my family?' We're putting him back on medication (several pints of it a day, served chilled) and we expect him not to take us to Barnes again until next summer. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080704/1 Unfortunately, despite our best efforts swearing loudly at the weather radar we got a SUNDAY SLUICE anyway, and so there was no Stroll. Apologies to anyone who saw the initial "go" posted and made plans which didn't come off, but for a while it looked as if the wet patch would be past London before the start of the skate. The good news is that instead our crack team of Meccano addicts descended to the Batcave and fettled the Firebox to within an inch of its life. It still needs some test runs (preferably when it's not so wet out) but with luck and a following wind, on Friday this week we may once again be able to face the music. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20080706/2 == OUR ARCHITECTURAL CORRESPONDENT WRITES == In our continuing occasional series on 'Buildings Bren has noticed round the Park', our very own Frank Lloyd Wright discusses this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion: Anyone who has recently skated along West Carriage Drive, otherwise known as The Ring (no idea what it's got to do with Gollum) may have seen a couple of large cranes, which are either the stars of this year's giant KerPlunk contest or building the 2008 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Every year a trendy architect gets to showcase a design that does for building what the Turner Prize does for art. This year's construction is well under way and should be ready in time for the official opening on 20th July – not that you'd know if it was finished or not. The pavilion is designed by Frank Gehry, whose other notable projects include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (curvy), the Dancing House in Prague (twisty) and the Chiat/Day Building in LA (err ... binoculary!). The Serpentine Galleries website states that the new Pavilion was inspired by the wooden catapults designed by Leonardo Da Vinci. To test this we are asking for donations of rubber bands so we can try and launch our critic into the Serp. http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2008/03/forthcoming_summer_2008serpent.html == READ ALL ABOUT IT == We're guessing that most of our readers aren't avid purchasers of the 'Sunday Sport'. You might want to give it a quick glance this Sunday, though, as there is every chance that it will feature Skate Lisa who's been posing for pics for a feature on skating. A 'Sunday Sport' picture of a woman with all her clothes on! It's got to have novelty value, if nothing else. == SKATING IS COOL AGAIN SHOCK! == Perhaps the newspaper interest in skating is something to do with Nokia's idea to liven up summer by taking ROLLER DISCO on an open-air national tour this summer. It starts on the South Bank this weekend (Friday to Sunday). At the time of writing, tickets for Friday evening and the weekend had already all gone but there will be some available on the day. Sessions are free but only last an hour, so you may prefer to stick to the Beach. Here, at the West End of Serp Road, every weekend is free outdoor roller disco. We just don't have Nokia's advertising budget. http://skatealmighty.nokia.co.uk/ The bad news for bladers is that the cool kids are all in quads this year (apparently). There do seem to have been a few more quaddies on the street skates recently. The LFNS welcomes all skaters but do be warned – you need to be very fit to complete the skate on quads. 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