two free social cycle rides Sat Jan 29th

[Sally Eva]

On Jan 29th we will have 2 rides, one 3 hours and one 2.5 hours. Registration on Eventbrite as usual. Note if all places are already booked it is worth checking back as there are occasional cancellations during the week. If you cannot make it, please cancel so that someone else can take the place. Even at the last minute it is worth cancelling.

Burgess Park, Clapham Common, Battersea Park loop

10am to 12.30 noon. Start/finish Park Life Cafe, Burgess Park, Chumleigh Gardens, SE5 0RJ. Jane leading. Usual easy-paced ride using lots of quiet streets and paths, but with some short stretches of busy road. First leg via Stockwell ending at the Bandstand on Clapham Common. Middle leg through Clapham Old town then back streets to Battersea Park Rd and into Battersea Park at Queens Crescent. Return leg is from the park by the Thames Path, past the Power Station developments and on to 9 Elms Lane for a short stetch. Then Thames path to Riverside Gardens followed by a back streets route through Kennington and Camberwell back to Burgess Park. 11.5 miles, flat, route at https://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_5156045.html.

The 7 Finest Views of SE London

10am start from Peckham Square, next to Peckham Library. Approx. 3 hours. Jamie leading this ride that is suitable for all rider abilities and takes in seven of the finest views of South-East London at a relaxed pace. The route is predominantly on quiet back roads and paths traversing Nunhead Cemetery, Brockley Village, Hilly Fields Park, Brookmill Park and Blackheath. After a coffee break In Greenwich Park we stay in the park and visit the Queens View Point (One Tree Hill), and Royal Observatory. That?s it with viewpoints and we descend down past the National Maritime museum and back through historic Deptford and on to Peckham Square.

These rides are organised by Southwark Cyclists and are part of a regular programme of Saturday rides, more information at [southwarkcyclists.org.uk]. Southwark Cyclists are part of the London Cycling Campaign. This ride is organised by volunteers. If you have any feedback, good or bad, please get in touch with [email protected]. For details of LCC?s Safeguarding and other policies please see lcc.org.uk