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Cycle rides over the Christmas weekend


Sally Eva

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Over the Christmas period we are planning 2 rides. On Saturday 23rd we are going to do something different – an afternoon ride. The reason is to see the Christmas Lights to best effect. Then on Boxing Day we will have our regular ride through a deserted City led by Werner. This year a Wren300 theme. 

Dec 23rd.  Christmas Lights. < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-lights-cycle-ride-tickets-777846759597 > 3.00 pm start. London Bridge, south side, next to Southwark Gateway Needle, Bruce leading, Werner assisting. Back at 6pm, possibly a bit earlier. Ride will be in 3 sections. A steady ride out via C14 and Blackfriars or Westminster Bridges. Then a complex circuit of the West End including the obvious suspects – Oxford, Regents and Bond Streets – plus a few less well-known.  The central streets will be VERY CROWDED with pedestrians, so extra care needed. There may also be a lot of motor traffic on the main roads. Maintaining cohesion in the group may at times be difficult.  As well as bike lights, please also decorate your bike. A festive light on the helmet is a great way to remain visible in a crowd. Make sure your phone is charged up and you must give a phone number on registration. Someone is bound to be lost at some point! Father Christmas suits are allowed. Final part of the ride will be the short homeward run along the Embankment Cycleway.  Should be an interesting outing.  Join us if you can. 

Dec 26th.  Wren Churches in the City. < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wren-churches-in-the-city-boxing-day-ride-tickets-777910740967 >10am start. London Bridge, south side, next to Southwark Gateway Needle.  Werner leading. Back at 12 Noon. For several years now Werner has led a ride in the City on 26th December, a day when normally busy City streets have very little motor traffic. This year he will try to visit as many of the Christopher Wren churches as possible, maybe 20 of them. What a busy boy that Christpher Wren must have been in the years following the Great Fire!  This will be our final “Wren” ride in the 300th anniversary year of his death. Great way to burn off some of the Christmas pud and work up an appetite for Boxing Day lunch. 
 
 
These rides are part of a regular programme of Saturday rides, more information at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/.   
Now have a route for Christmas Lights ride,https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1mTn-a_ineSWxAHn-flMwGsIJsmQT-cc&usp=sharing. If you cannot make the scheduled ride at 3pm on the 23rd, may like to try it yourself at another time.  Note there is still space on the 23d. Please register with phone number (in case you get separated from group) at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-lights-cycle-ride-tickets-777846759597
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Route round London's West End to see the Christmas Lights. Start/fininsh London Bridge. Southwark Cyclists Healthy Ride, 23/12/23. https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/
We are also all go for the Boxing Day ride in the City, details and registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wren-churches-in-the-city-boxing-day-ride-tickets-777910740967.
At present nothing on Saturday 30th Dec, but keep an eye out for a last minute ride.
 

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