free social cycle rides Saturday July 17th: still places left

[Sally Eva]

The footie turned out disappointing but there is always next time. Now we can focus on the Tour de France. Can Mark Cavendish make it over the remaining hills, get to Paris next Sunday, win on the Champs Elysee and take the Green Jersey? Pretty much a certainty.........

Before then the small matter of the Saturday 17th rides. Note - very nice weather forecast for the 17th.

This week we have 2 Southwark Healthy Rides, one from Cutty Sark starting at 9.30am and the other from Dulwich Park starting at 10am. Already notified and posted but places available on both. Registration on Eventbrite as usual. When you register on Eventbrite, link details below, please give a phone number 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.

Ride details

Greenwich to Lesnes Abbey

9.30 am to 1.00 pm. Start/finish Cutty Sark. Note the slightly earlier 9.30 start. 20 mile route largely follows the river, keeping to the south side. Outward takes the Thames path round the Greenwich peninsula and continuing to Woolwich and Thamesmead. Heads inland on mostly paths to Lesnes Abbey and a well-deserved coffee break. On the return use the 3 mile linear, elevated, Ridgeway path to Woolwich, then Thames path again until the Ecology Park at N Greenwich. Cut across the peninsula to save your legs and finish along a short stretch of Thames path to Cutty Sark. High proportion of this route is on off-road paths. Done this route at least twice in recent years.

Reports of previous rides: http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-august_sept-2017.html and https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/38-riders-a-healthy-ride-record/. Our most popular ride ever was the 2019 ride with 38 riders! Loads to see, including riding past the O2, Thames Barrier and the steel men (?Assembly? by Peter Burke) at Woolwich Arsenal. Amanda leading. Route attached.

Dulwich to Wimbledon Park

Our parks and commons are at their best at the moment so come and enjoy a ride through 5 of them. 15 miles. 10am ?12.30pm. Start/finish Dulwich Clock Caf?, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ. Route: Dulwich Park via Brockwell Park, Clapham Common, Wandsworth Common to Wimbledon Park. Return same route. Mostly quiet streets, occasional busy junction, lots of easily cycled paths in the parks and on the commons. Coffee stop in Wimbledon Park. Jean leading. We did this ride in April, route at https://strava.app.link/G7flaOBkHfb. Ride report at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/healthy-ride-reports-2021/southwark-healthy-rides-april-24th-2021/ and photos at https://www.facebook.com/groups/553896211918871

These rides are organised by Bruce Lynn on behalf of Southwark Cyclists who are the borough branch of the London Cycling Campaign. Our website is here: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/ and the LCC website is here: https://www.lcc.org.uk/. For more info text Bruce on 07729 279 945

[Sally Eva]

Grab the sun cream and some water - the forecast for tomorrow's rides is sunny and gentle breeze, perfect.

Still several places on the 10am Dulwich ride ( https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dulwich-to-wimbledon-park-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-162346545889) and just one place for the 9.30 Lesnes Abbey ride ( https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greenwich-to-lesnes-abbey-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-162351145647).

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