Bike Train to central London and beyond May 31st

[Sally Eva]

This lovely sight (see attached snap) is Burgess Park last summer on the Bike Train route. At 140 acres it?s one of London?s largest parks, assembled out of the wreckage of war and containing listed buildings, a lime kiln and former almshouses (now a cafe).

One of the great things about cycling is that it takes you where cars can?t go. Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to central London via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it?s OK that they start at the same time.

The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.

Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic-calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely (but no longer so new) segregation up St George?s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would want it.

We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up

The map of the route is here:

The Dulwich Village to Denmark Hill bit only runs by special arrangement so if you want it let the special arrangers (me) know.

I think the google map is hard to follow so I've done a clickable one on cycle.travel. It should make it easier to find some of the wiggles (particularly the E&C bypass) http://cycle.travel/map/journey/41005