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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels : Galloping Gertie springs again! Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:54:59 +0000 ==THIS WEEK== FRIDAY No more Diwali, Halloween, or Bonfire Night... nothing left except a long straight dire stretch until it's Christmas. Which is a bit like the black route up Nine Elms Lane - nothing except a long straight lovely stretch of road until you have to stop again. So, on FRIDAY bring your left over Halloween Candy, we bring the left over songs from the Halloween mix, and together we'll have a party on the streets! Half time corner of Albert Bridge Road and Battersea Park Road. http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20081107 SUNDAY On Sunday we shall dare the Autumn weather gods once more by attempting to run the stroll to "Spring Gardens", in Vauxhall. Halftime overlooked by the satellite and CCTV encrusted edifice of Mr Bond's payroll office. The gods didn't take too kindly to this sort of insolence last time we tried it. Let's see if Halloween's shenanigans have made any difference http://www.lfns.co.uk/rt.php/20081109 ==LAST WEEK== The Halloween skate is probably the highlight of the London Skating year. A costume party on skates, blasting its way through the centre of town with two music bikes and more Asboxes than we could count all synchronised to play a thumping mix of everyone's favourite horror music (and thanks to Wotnobrakes for putting it together). Bren couldn't make it this year so Lead Witch was Sol and she led us around and about through all the favourite tourist spots (Piccadilly Circus featured twice). Even though the skate spread out a bit with some of the costumes slowing people down, the traffic was much more tolerant than usual and we were cheered on our way by people lining the streets to take photos as we passed. Possibly the most spectacular costume was Bender the robot (from 'Futurama' for those of you who aren't cartoon fans). Inside was Richard, one of our regular Lead Marshals. Those who wonder how he built it should check out http://buildingbender.blogspot.com/ It's really sad that some drunks crashed the skate and put one person into casualty with a cut chin but it may make people feel better to know that the creep responsible then fell in front of another skater who collapsed heavily on top of him. The skater was unhurt, the drunk apparently less so. That was the only blot on an otherwise fantastic night. Well done to all those who managed to cope with their amazing costumes and especially to Miriam and Marika who had never been on an LFNS before and who both finished their first skate in style. After the excesses of the various Halloween skater parties on Saturday (I only counted three but I'm sure there were others) the amazing thing was that 56 people managed to drag themselves out for the SUNDAY STROLL. More amazingly still, an impressive number of marshals fought off their hangovers to escort them. These few, these happy few, were rewarded with beautiful autumn sunshine and a skate that hardly ever seemed to stop rolling until it reached the cafe stop at Battersea. Well done to Paula, whose first time out it was. ==ONLY 14 MORE SKATING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS== Now that the Halloween Skate is over, we can turn our attention to the next big event: the SantaSkate. This year, the skating Santas will be taking over the streets of London on Saturday 13th December. The SantaSkate is organised by LondonSkate and its friends from the London Friday Night Skate and the Sunday Stroll. This year it will aim to attract between 400 and 500 roller skating Santa’s from as far away as Germany, France and even Lapland! This event is the year's main fundraiser for all three of the London skates and we do ask you to contribute £10 to join. For your money, you get a Santa suit to wear on the skate. If you have never seen 400 Santas on skates, it's a truly amazing sight, guaranteed to have small children grinning wildly as you pass. Santa's little helpers (you can tell them by their red hats) will be out on all the skates in November to sell tickets. Don't worry about what happens if it rains - the skate will be moved to another day. Tickets usually sell out, so please buy early. If there are a lot of early sales, we can get in more costumes - but if there is a last minute rush, you may well be disappointed. http://www.santaskate.com == ADVANCE NOTICE ROAD CLOSURES == So if you thought it wasn't slippery enough underfoot in the park on Sunday, what with leaf mould and mud and wet surfaces, you'll be pleased to hear that the HYDE PARK WINTER WONDERLAND is building an open-air ice rink there to complete the experience. It opens on 22nd November, though we expect them to be setting up stuff in advance, so: if you arrive at Serpentine Road on a Sunday in the near future and find it's buried underneath ghost trains and hot dog stalls, look for us on South Carriage Drive or (in extremis) over the road at Wellington Arch (where the LFNS leaves). Last year they did leave us a bit of space at the East end of Serp Road, so our start point was not affected - we hope the same will happen this year. But if you usually park in the Triangle car park, you might find it takes longer than normal to get down to our end of the road. == IF THE SHOE FITS == We found half a pair of footwear on Friday's skate. If you think it might have been yours, drop us a line with a description and tell us when you're next skating, and if we remember we'll bring it along. ==SHUFFLING OFF== So, as we sweep up the detritus of our Halloween celebrations (and wake the odd skater still dozing in the wreckage) that's all for another week. We welcome your comments, criticism and suggestions, but send them using the feedback form on our site - don't reply by email as it won't work. To unsubscribe, use the link in the mail footer - right at the bottom after the copyright notice. http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus Small print: Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided that credit is given. All trademarks are acknowledged. Please remember that the skate is marshalled by volunteers and you skate at your own risk. -- Sent from the London Friday Night Skate - http://www.lfns.co.uk/ Check out any time - see http://www.lfns.co.uk/unsubscribe.php?list=wow |
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