free social cycle rides Saturday May 8th

[Sally Eva]

This Saturday we have 2 rides, one 2 hours and flat, the other 3 hours and hilly.

Registration on Eventbrite as usual. Note if all places are already booked it is worth checking back as there are usually several cancellations during the week.

You must register on Eventbrite, details below. Please give a phone number when registering as it may be needed for Track and Trace. If you cannot make it, please cancel so that someone else can take the place. Even at the last minute it is worth cancelling.

Five Great views of SE London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/five-great-views-of-se-london-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-153361170389

Usual easy-paced ride, but you do not get views without climbing hills. 10am start at Peckham Square, next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre. Approx. 3 hours. Route: Brockley / Hilly Fields park / Brook mill Park / Blackheath / Greenwich Park Observatory / National Maritime museum and back to Peckham Square. Mostly using quiet back routes. The idea will be to spend a few minutes at each viewpoint and also take in a brief social coffee stop midway time permitting. Jamie leading.

Goodbye Ursula ? Tideway Tunnel Ride https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goodbye-ursula-tideway-tunnel-cycle-ride-tickets-153362281713

10am to 12 noon. Flat 10 mile ride so pretty easy-paced. Lots of segregated cycle lane, some busier stretches. Bruce leading.

Start/finish Southwark Needle, south end of London Bridge. Handy for London Bridge Station if you want to get to the start by train. Finish at Cherry Garden/Chambers Wharf (SE16 4TX). Note getting back to London Bridge is easy using Cycleway 4.

Inspiration for this ride is the departure of Tunnel Boring Machine Ursula from Chambers Wharf. Ursula has finished her 7.5km journey from Battersea and is heading off to Rotterdam on Saturday. The gamble is that she will not depart until high tide (12.55pm). If you are joining the ride from the east or south east, then suggest you ride to the start via Cherry Garden and take a look.

Ride will retrace Ursula?s journey. We will cross London Bridge and ride Cycleway 3 and the embankment to Chelsea Bridge, passing the Thames Tideway sites at Blackfriars and Victoria Embankment. From Chelsea Bridge we will head back, first stopping to look at the Kirtling Rd site, next to Battersea Power Station, from which Ursula set out. Return route will follow the Thames passing another TT site at Albert Embankment. We may save time by using cycleway 14 from Blackfriars to Jamaica Rd. Route on Google Maps at

For anyone interested, Ursula?s schedule is: Thursday May 6th, large floating crane arrives, Friday 7th Transfer of Ursula to barge. There is of course no guarantee the engineers will be able to keep to this schedule, but we will have a ride along the Thames anyway.

Important - read the detailed instructions regarding Covid regs on Eventbrite when registering. These rides are organised by Bruce Lynn on behalf of Southwark Cyclists who are the borough branch of the London Cycling Campaign. You can contact Bruce on 07729 279 945