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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: Barnes on the Fourth of July Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:23:00 +0000 == THIS WEEK == Fresh from the triumph of leading the skate to Barnes last week (see below), on FRIDAY Brendan is intending to repeat the exercise for the benefit of those misguided enough to have been in France. (If you really don't know why they were there, see 'Le Mans', below.) This week he intends to have some marshals to help out. We pass the odd pond on the way. Please remember that in this country, eating the frogs is not acceptable. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20080704 On SUNDAY, Roger will be taking us somewhere. We tried to get more details but he just said, "Euston, we have a problem," and then the radio link went dead. Do you think he was trying to give us a clue? http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20080706 == LAST WEEK == Those of us who didn't make it to Le Mans for FRIDAY took advantage of the long summer evenings to wander westward to the countryside. Yes, it was Lead Marshal Bren's annual outing to Barnes, where city skaters were reminded of what a tree looks like. Those who had skated to Richmond the previous Sunday were unimpressed but the others were awe-struck. "Wow," said one urbanite, "it's all, like, green." http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20080627/1 SUNDAY kept up the pastoral theme with Kensey's famous Shepherd's Green route. Yet again, we failed to find any shepherds. Remarks about skaters following like sheep will be treated with the contempt they deserve. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20080629/1 == LE MANS == For those who wondered where all the skaters were this weekend, the answer was that most of London's coolest decamp to Le Mans to run the famous 24 hour race on skates. Special congratulations to Craig and George who ran the whole 24 hours as a Duo. Yes, the two of them each skated 12 hours in an exhibition of dedication, fitness and certifiable insanity. Of those racing as Duos, Craig and George finished third: an inspiring achievement. What it inspires you to, of course, is entirely up to you. (Buying George and Craig a drink might be a useful suggestion.) == PHRASE BOOK == As the holiday season approaches, we start a series on useful phrases for skaters (especially those visiting us on the LFNS). This week: Keep Left: French: A gauche German: Links (bleiben/skaten) Italian: A sinistra Spanish: A la izquierda English: The one you hold your fork in American: The one you don't hold your fork in == THE FINISH LINE == So, as skaters stagger back from the annual debauch that is the madness of running a motoring endurance race on skates, we bring this Week on Wheels to an early and exhausted stop. Don't attempt to reply to this by mail, 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 falcon cannot hear the falconer; things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. -- 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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