two free sociable cycle rides Sat March 4th

[Sally Eva]

For Saturday Mar 4th we will have 2 rides, one 2.5 hours and one 3.5 hours, details below.

Ride 1. Greenwich to Beckenham Place Park < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greenwich-to-beckenham-place-park-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-563660743457 >

Start 10am, Cutty Sark Gardens, next to the Foot Tunnel entrance. This route will take us from Cutty Sark Gardens to the Waterlink Way (mostly off-road) and on to Beckenham Place Park. On the return via SE London suburbia we will stop at the Excalibur Estate and look at what remains of this post WW2 prefab estate.

SE London is hilly and we will have a few climbs on the way back to Greenwich. If it is not too busy, we might sneak in a coffee stop in Beckenham Place Park. The ride is ca 23km, ca 2.5 hours. Eva leading. This is the planned route https://www.komoot.com/tour/1036710423?share_token=ajtzrH1jbqX9cYhuTdKlE1Fh3GRjhzzuJVRxtykA84McpmWny5&ref=wtd

Ride 2. Dulwich to the Wandle < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dulwich-to-the-wandle-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-563658797637 >

Start 10am, Dulwich Clock Café, Dulwich Park. Aim is to have an easy-paced ride to Morden Hall, then ride south on the Wandle Trail to Earlsfield, then back to Dulwich. The 3 mile stretch of the off-road Wandle Trail is in places just like being in the country. Outward leg will traverse Brockwell Park and then use roads, some busy (although much has cycle lanes) to Morden Hall.

From Earlsfield the return route crosses Wandsworth Common and Clapham Common, then Brockwell Park again and back to Dulwich. 19 miles, estimated duration 3.5 hours, coffee break somewhere. Jean leading.

These rides are part of the Healthy Riders group, organised by Bruce Lynn on behalf of Southwark Cyclists https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/. Like everything else we do, our activities are all free. We co-operate with other London Cycling Campaign groups like Greenwich Cyclists. The LCC details are here: https://lcc.org.uk/.