free sociable cycle ride Sat August 14th

[Sally Eva]

Well, Saturday 7th was WET. But forecast for 14th is EXCELLENT. This week we have one Southwark Healthy Ride with 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.

Greenwich to Victoria Park

Typical easy-paced ride. Amanda leading a cross river ride including a trip on the Emirates Airline. Note early 9.30 start. Start location: Greenwich Station. Meet at main entrance on Greenwich High Road, near the Novotel (not DLR station entrance or on platform). OR meet at tunnel exit at Island Gardens at 9.45 (for people happy to carry bikes down/up steps at Greenwich Foot Tunnel, or who can ride directly to Island Gardens). Please indicate on the registration form if you plan to join at Island Gardens. Ride duration 3 to 3.5 hours including refreshment break. To begin we will take the DLR to Mudchute (bring face mask and travel pass or equivalent). Then Thames Path to Limehouse and along the canal towpath to Mile End Park (beautiful at present). Continue on towpath to Victoria Park and do a circuit of the park. Head east to loop through QE Park. Will have a coffee stop at The Beast Barge on entry to QE Park. Return will follow Lee Navigation to Three Mills then the Cody Dock route to Canning Town and on to the west end of the Royal Victoria Dock. Next board the Emirates Airline cable car (surprisingly easy to get a bike on this) to the O2.

Finally cut across the Greenwich Peninsula and pick up the Thames path to finish at Cutty Sark.

Ride reports. We usually do a short report with some route details for each ride. Put this on the SC web site ( https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/healthy-ride-reports-2021/) and often also on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/553896211918871). Read about our experience last Saturday in the monsoon!

These rides are arranged and led by Bruce Lynn and friends on behalf of Southwark Cyclists. We are the borough branch of the London Cycling Campaign. Our website is here: [southwarkcyclists.org.uk] and the LCC website is here: [www.lcc.org.uk]. Like everything we do the rides are free and open to everyone. For more info text Bruce on 07729 279 945 or DM me

[Sally Eva]

the Victoria Park ride is nearly full. We also like to have an easy ride for less confident cyclists. So Bruce will be leading his Tour de Rotherhithe ride this Saturday. NOTE- you must book on Eventbrite using the link below.

Tour de Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe has a remarkable history. This ride takes you on a tour of interesting sites. And because of the excellent planning from the late 1980s there are lots of pedestrian/cycle paths and this ride is nearly completely off-road. A great ride for someone relatively new to cycling. Start/finish point will be Deal Porter Square, opposite Canada Water Station, SE16 7AR. Start time 10am and finish 12 noon. Route is: Southwark Park, King Stairs Gardens, then Thames path all the way to Deptford Historic Riverside. Along this stretch will pass the departure point of the Mayflower, the first underwater tunnel anywhere (by Brunel) and the Surrey Docks Farm. From Deptford will head back via the Surrey Canal Linear Park to South Dock, Greenland Dock and Russia Woodland. Final stop at Stave Hill to admire the view then loop past surrey Water and along the canal to Canada Water. All this in 10 miles and as a final bonus ? this route is entirely without hills! Report and photos from previous ride in 2019: http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-april-may2019.html. Annotated route map at https://goo.gl/5pFd9b.