LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE TM
& SUNDAY STROLL TM

London Friday Night Skate

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On FRIDAY, Sol will be leading us westward with visits to West Kensington (that's Fulham in real life) and Olympia before climbing the west face of Holland Park. Half time (and you'll welcome the break!) will be at Holland Park tube. The black section will start with a reward for the climb as we shoot down Kensington Church Street. This is a reasonably steep slope with buses coming the other way and a busy junction at the bottom so please don't attempt it if you aren't able to control your speed downhill. Then it's south down to Chelsea and home along the Kings Road. We'll finish by checking out Buck House. The property crash is said to have knocked £57 million off the price and Sol's looking for a bigger place.

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Sunday 31st August - Trip to the Tower (Route)

Friday 29th August - Pub to Putters

The LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE heads southwest into uncharted territories, seeking the source of the mysterious Wandle river, whose name arises from the ancient and mystery shrouded Wendle's settlement which once existed on the south bank of the Thames... Who are we kidding? This, in time-honoured tradition, is basically the Lead Marshal's route home from the pub. 12 miles, halftime at Putney East Tube. Involves up and down hill sections of medium difficulty in both first and second half, so you must be able to stop, turn and control your speed on an incline. It's a long-ish route so we'll be looking for an on time departure.
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Sunday 24th August - It's a Flat Flat World

As promised, we took everybody on a ONE-WAY STROLL to Hampstead Heath, where we got a lovely look-out over London from the bottom of Parliament Hill. The end point was conveniently close to both branches of the North London Line for those who wanted to go to East or West London, for everybody else the Northern Line was just a hop and a skip away.
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Friday 22nd August - CarNoVal

On Friday Night we won't be joining the Notting Hill Carnival, but the Friday Night CarNoVal going to North-East to Highbury and Islington.
You're welcome to road test your Costume for Monday, though!
The skate is downhill all the way (from half time), with some quite sharpish downhills – don't even think about it if you can’t control your speed on a slope! It should be a lively start to the Bank Holiday weekend, and will prepare you perfectly for the Notting Hill Carnival Skate (see serpentineroad.com for details).
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Sunday 17th August - Best and Works of London

SUNDAY saw the debut of Marty as Lead Marshal on a gentle tour of the sights of London. We started with Buckingham Palace, went on to the Houses of Parliament, then down to Lambeth Palace where the Archbishop of Canterbury lives. Half time was at the Tate Modern, where we absorbed culture by osmosis, before heading North over the river on Southwark Bridge. We took in St Pauls and the Law Courts and then headed back to Hyde Park via Piccadilly Circus. The route gave a great way for tourists to see the Best of London and we were specially pleased to get this email from Charles, visiting from Toronto: “Thank you very much for the great route and excellent organization. Nothing like blasting through downtown London with 200 of your closest friends... I recommend this event to anyone and be assured next time I'm in the UK I will do this event again.
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Friday 15th August - Clapham Old Town, new style

Last Friday Roggie took the London Friday Night Skate on a new route to Clapham. Well, it was fairly new. Gone was the famous back passage and almost all of the side roads. But he still managed to fit in a few old favourites, like the run south from Albert Bridge, and the golden mile sprint along Clapham Common North Side. The run down Stewart's Road was definitely new though, and seemed a popular addition. Eight out of ten skaters (that expressed a preference) said their cats preferred it. Purrfect! Music was mixed by “A Toon Too Far”, powered by PeterC on Firebrox, the LFNS music bike, recently rebuilt and refitted, ever faithful, ever sure. Keep left. One love. Out.
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Sunday 10th August - Take me to the riviera

...'cos the weather sucks here. Err, the last time we tried this route there was too much water, even for our friendly Penguins. Anyhow, never ever daunted, we'll keep trying. Starting with a fabulous low-speed downhill along Exhibition Road, the route continues south to Wandsworth Bridge. From there we take a beautiful waterfront stroll along the south bank to Battersea. Don't miss it, unless you're a fish. In which case, watch out for the Penguins. As our route also passes along the Thames Path, please also keep a respectful eye out for pedestrians and cyclists. Half time is near Wandsworth Bridge, nearest tube is Parson Green, nearest overground Wandsworth Town.
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Friday 8th August - Magical Mystery Tour

We beatled at high speed around town. It was great, come again...
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Sunday 3rd August - Take me to the river (Route)

Friday 1st August - 0% inspiration, 100% perspiration

FRIDAY's Lead Marshal has been too busy fiddling with Google Maps to think of anything witty or interesting to say about this week's skate. Arguably, this is a good thing. Anyway, it goes to Finsbury and Hoxton before trying the new smooth surface round the back of Liverpool St station. According to our testing so far, this is probably the only smooth road anywhere in E1, so enjoy it.
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Sunday 7th September - Stroll Central

Sunday Stroll

Rained off Bren is taking on a skate designed for the tourist and purist, some nice long straight runs and some sightseeing as we cross over the river and back. > Route details

	NEWS The One Way Stroll Is Back Back by popular demand, One way destination Strolls begin this Sunday where we take you alll the way out East to Victoria Park. See some of last years Highlights to wet your appetite. Once way Kewing Tour De Greenwich Storm the Palace Stroll on film Our friends from FSTarragona recently attended a Sunday Stroll and took some video footage. They've kindly allowed us to post the video here. EasterSkate A Big Belated Thank you to all of you who came and supported us on the Easterskate. We managed to run the Bunny Stroll eventually and much fun was had. An official video is being painstakingly editted to bring you not one, not two, not three, but four video angles and thumping soundtrack. We're on Facebook Over 250 of you have already started using our application. If you're an avid Facebook user and you want to keep up to date with the status of the coming skates each week then try out the new Facebook LFNS Skate Updates App. Donations The LFNSTM is STILL not asking for money over the web. If we were, it would say so here. But we aren't. However, due to popular demand, we have created a donations account, whereby one off payments or regular contributions can be made, finally removing the need for our regular contributors to use cheque books and hard cash. Contact us if you require further details. As always if you give money to anyone else claiming money on behalf of the regular Friday and Sunday streetskates in London it is not going to the LFNSTM. If in doubt just come and ask one of the marshals to point you in the right direction. T-shirts It's cold, it's dark, it's Winter! So why on earth would you want to buy a t-shirt? But if you do a limited number of official LFNSTM t-shirts are still available: get one now before the weather gets warm again. Week on Wheels archive Missed an issue of our newsletter? New on our web site, a complete* archive of the past newsletters *Issues 1 and 2 sold out, sorry WAP Update Service Sometimes you can't get near a computer to find out whether the skate is on or not. We know, it's a nuisance. So now you can use WAP to find out! Go to wap.lfns.co.uk on your Mobile to see if we're going or whether the weather has beaten us. We don't charge for this service - normal WAP connection costs apply.

	LFNSTM Essential Info The London Friday Night SkateTM runs every Friday at 8pm from the middle of Hyde Park Corner Roundabout (Wellington Arch). The Sunday StrollTM runs every Sunday at 2pm, from the Eastern End of Serpentine Road, inside Hyde Park. > Rules of the Street Skates All skates are weather dependant - if its raining we won't be skating! YOU SKATE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

	Older Routes > Sunday 27th July ( Mini Best Of London (BOL)) > Friday 25th July (Holely unthemed) > Sunday 20th July (Parsons Green with added Wally ) > Friday 18th July (Magical Mystery Tour) > Sunday 13th July (Marylebone) > More archived routes...