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This is the "Week on Wheels" free weekly London skating email newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your email inbox each week.
From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: Winterval edition Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:19:16 +0000 ==THIS WEEK== FRIDAY sees the annual Circle Line Skate. We head off from Hyde Park Corner to Victoria and then work our way round every Circle Line station to Sloane Square. It's further than a regular London Friday Night Skate (17 miles) so it goes a little faster but we get two breaks - one at Liverpool Street and another at Paddington. And this year not two but three Lead Marshals share the load: Sol, Bren and David. The Circle Line Skate is not a huge social experience, like Halloween or the Santa Stroll, but, for those who love the feel of tarmac under their wheels, it's one of the highlights of the year. Because it's a long skate, we try to leave promptly at 8.00.pm. Don't miss it! http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20081128 The SUNDAY STROLL is not quite a repeat of the rained-off route from two weeks ago, but it does look similar. To celebrate finally collecting the degree that has been sitting on a shelf waiting for him for the past decade or more, Lead Marshal Dan is taking us on a route with a vaguely academic theme (it goes past UCL, and crosses Oxford St, which as we all know is the road to Oxford). Gowns optional. More significantly, Dan has led the only Stroll that was not rained off in the whole of November, so polish your rabbit's foot, kiss your four leaf clover and hope that his luck still lasts. Please note that because of the Winter Wonderland (see below) the Stroll will be assembling just inside the fancy gates between the park and the Wellington Arch. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20081129 ==LAST WEEK== On FRIDAY, fifty or so skaters and two photographers from TimeOut joined the LFNS for a trip to Clapham. The weather was certainly cold but, despite rain to the east and rain to the west, Lead Marshal Roggie's choice of route defied the weather and the roads stayed perfectly dry. With a relatively small number of people the skate moved at a good pace and made it back to Hyde Park Corner by around 9:45. SUNDAY: Last week we wrote: 'It's November. It rained. Get used to it.' Do we really need to tell you again? ==WINTER WONDERLAND== We mentioned a few weeks ago that the Winter Wonderland would be eating into Serpentine Road. Now it's in full swing, it's clear that it's less 'eaten into' than 'gobbled up'. The road is full of rides and stalls and all the fun of the fair all the way to the lake. The good news is that there's a heated covered bar. Otherwise, very little to attract skaters. (And, yes, the rink does still have a lamppost in the middle of it.) ==SANTASKATE== The rotten weather has meant cancelled skates and cancelled skates has meant less chance to buy your tickets for the SantaSkate. The official start of Skater Xmas, the SantaSkate is now just over a fortnight away (on December 13), so please get your tickets as soon as you can. The SantaSkate is the only skate that you get charged for. Tickets are £10 but do include a snazzy red costume and white beard absolutely free. Bring your own belt. This event is organised by the LondonSkate but they contribute a share of the profits to the LFNS. It's the year's main fundraiser for all three of the London skates and well worth joining in. Even if you don't care about us having any money next year, joining the skate lets you be part of a parade of up to 400 wheeled Santas. If you've never done it, you don't know what you're missing and if you've skated it before, you'll want to do it again. Get your tickets from any of Santa's little helpers on the Stroll or the LFNS. (They're the ones with the red hats.) Don't worry about the skate being rained off. It will still happen - just on another day. http://www.santaskate.com ==ONLY SEVEN MORE SKATING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS== Time to be thinking of stockings and what to put in them. We'll be buying lots of LFNS T SHIRTS. The first deliveries have arrived, and you may already have seen people wearing them. If you want one too, don't despair, there's still time to buy one and have it delivered before Xmas. Of course, the shirts look fab, and you might also like to know that all the proceeds go to fund the LFNS and Sunday Stroll. Although the first batch were ordered from the USA, our supplier has recently opened a UK based web site. We reckon it will still take about two weeks from placing the order to receiving the shirt, but the UK site should cut down on the delivery charges. The value range of cotton shirts cost around £20 including postage, and performance micro fibre fabric ones cost just a little more. Feel free to compare UK and USA prices by visiting our shops at http://www.zazzle.co.uk/roggie and http://www.zazzle.com/roggie Or, if you prefer, see our web site for more info first: http://www.lfns.co.uk/tshirts.php And as a stocking filler, could we recommend our cheeky little DVD: A Year on Skates? featuring the Circle Line Skate, Chequered Stroll, and this year's Easter Bunny Stroll, plus trailers, out takes and exclusive footage of the Egg & Spoon Race. Price is just £10 plus postage and packing (£1.99). All profits go directly to the LFNS. http://www.lfns.co.uk/dvd-orderform.php There's also a rumour that there will be a calendar coming out in the next week or two featuring scantily clad skaters. Look out for a Lead Marshal you all know and love. The profits from this will be going to a cancer charity and we'd love to be able to give you more details but they're not available yet. Perhaps it's a 2010 calendar? ==POETRY CORNER== Last week we carried a poem [was it really? Ed] by our very own Marshal Phil. His example has inspired others to verse including a brilliant (no, it is, really) parody of William Mc Gonagall's epic 'Tay Bridge Disaster' that is now doing the rounds of the skate community. Here's a sample: When the pack left the Park The skaters' hearts were light and felt not dark, But a Taxi exhaust blew a smokey, black gale, Which made their hearts for to quail, And many of the skaters with fear did say- "I hope God will send us safe across the Camden Parkway." We'd love to publish all of it it here but it is epic in every sense and would double the length of this newsletter. But if more than ten people contact us (using the feedback form on the website) to ask us to print it, we'll carry the full work next week. ==LINES ARE NOW CLOSING== Following a review by the Skate Trust, the writers of Week on Wheels are to be allowed to continue, provided they promise never to read anything into Andrew Sachs' answerphone. As ever, we welcome your comments, criticism, suggestions and votes. Normal BBC rules apply: please remember that your vote will not be counted after the lines have closed or if you vote for anyone the judges don't like. Don't email us - it won't work: get in touch using the feedback form on our site. 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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