free sociable cycle rides Sat June 19th

[Sally Eva]

Two short, friendly sociable cycle rides for Saturday June 19th. Each with 13 places with 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 answer the question about start location and please, please give a phone number when registering as it may be needed for Track and Trace. If you cannot make it, then cancel so that someone else can take the place. Even at the last minute it is worth cancelling. Some people have had trouble with cancelling via Eventbrite. It is possible! Just persevere.

Ride details. London Bridge to Regents Park

A great route to Regents Park that includes a visit to Granary Square at the centre of the amazing new developments at Kings Cross. 13 miles. 10am - 1pm. Start/finish Southwark Needle, south end of London Bridge, SE1 2PF. Handy for London Bridge Station if you want to get to the start by train. Or meet at Canada Water (Deal Porter Squ, SE16 7AR) at 9.30. Please indicate if you are meeting at Canada Water on the registration form. Route: London Bridge to Blackfriars, Blackfriars to Granary Square, Kings Cross via Cycleway 6, Granary Square to Regents Park via LCN 6 (quiet back streets via UCL), Circle around Regents Park and coffee stop at Regent's Bar & Kitchen. Return via West End and Cycleway 3 to London Bridge. Lots of segregated lane and paths in the Park, but also some busy streets on the return leg. Bill Leading.

Also a Great Trees Ride

A ride to look at some trees. Trees, we are realizing, are not just a taken-for-granted background. They matter. They soak up CO2 and are good for our health. Inspiration comes from a Zoom talk in March to Better Streets Southwark by Paul Wood about Tree Talk and his amazing Tree Map. Route is inspired by Paul?s Great Trees of London Map (?8 from book shops). Start is 10am from the Southwark Needle, south end of London Bridge, SE1 2PF. Handy for London Bridge Station if you want to get to the start by train. Then a gentle 10 mile circuit of 5-6 of the Great Trees. Will start with the Tree of Heaven near Tooley St that was planted in memory of Alfred and Ada Salter and continue through Burgess and Southwark Parks, ending up back at London Bridge at 12 noon. Bruce leading.

We will keep everyone as safe as possible by observing all the Covid Regulations. The current Covid guidance allows groups of 15 to ride together. Still important that we maintain routinely a 2m social distance, never less than 1m. Particularly important to maintain social distancing from other users on shared paths. Always give way to pedestrians and to other cyclists so all path users can maintain 1-2 m and feel safe. Just in case we need them, good idea to bring a face mask. Obviously please do not turn up to this event if you are displaying symptoms of Covid-19.

[Sally Eva]

Here's some more info about the Trees Ride. Bruce has created a detailed route with information about the six special trees we will see. This could be used to self-ride the route if you cannot get to the ride on Saturday.

Full ride information now reads:

Great Trees Ride

A ride to look at some trees. Trees, we are realizing, are not just a taken-for-granted background. They matter. They soak up CO2 and are good for our health. Inspiration comes from a Zoom talk in March to Better Streets Southwark by Paul Wood about Tree Talk and his amazing Tree Map. Route is inspired by Paul?s Great Trees of London Map (?8 from book shops). Start is 10am from the Southwark Needle, south end of London Bridge, SE1 2PF. Handy for London Bridge Station if you want to get to the start by train. Then an 11 mile circuit to 6 of the Great Trees. Will go to Burgess Park, Lucas Gardens Camberwell, New Cross Gate, Sayes Court Park Deptford, Southwark Park and finish with the Tree of Heaven near Tooley St. Should end back at London Bridge at around 12 noon. Bruce leading. Annotated route map at