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free sociable cycle rides Sat September 16th


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Rides for 16th October


For Sat 16th Oct there will be two Southwark Healthy Rides, one 2.5 hour, one 3. 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.


Peckham to Kings Cross


10am start for 3 hour ride. Start/finish in Peckham Square, next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5RY. We love the new developments at Kings Cross. Ride will stop in Granary Square with time for a coffee break and a bit of a look round. Outward route down Canal Path to Cycleway 10 (Q1). Ride this to Blackfriars Rd, then switch to Cycleway 6. This goes over Blackfriars Bridge and up Farringdon Rd before branching off through quiet back streets and over safe crossings to Kings Cross. Return leg will take a more easterly route, probably via Spitalfields and London Bridge. Not quite settled yet as Amanda, who is leading, is still finding the optimal return route. Flat route with lots to see, come and join us.



Canada Water, Greenwich, Tower Bridge loop.


One of our regular routes, nice and flat and using substantial stretches of Thames path. 10am start for a 2.5 hour trip. Start/finish Deal Porter Square, opposite Canada Water Station, SE16 7AR. Easy 10 mile loop using DLR to cross river from Greenwich to Mudchute (face covering and (travel pass or equivalent needed) and returning over Tower Bridge (or possibly London Bridge). No hills, mostly off road or quiet streets. Always lots to see on the river. Simon leading. It is also possible to join the ride at Greenwich Mainline Station. Be at the station entrance, near the Novotel, on Greenwich High Road at 10.25. Indicate on registration that you will join at Greenwich.


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. I won't know but I should be able to find out.

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