Lands End to John O’Groats
Monthly Meeting on July 13th, our first “in person” for a while, will include a presentation by Simon Saville on his Lands End to John O’Groats ride last year. This epic ride included visits to many nature reserves along the … Read More
Freecycle 2022 was great!!
Over 100 riders took part in the led ride from Peckham to the Freecycle Event on May 29th 2022 with Bruce leading. About 20 also joined a led ride back in the afternoon. It was a great event. Blessed with … Read More
Freecycle 2022 – Do not miss it!!
London’s annual cycling fest, Ride London, is here again. It includes a day of traffic free roads in Central London on Sunday 29th May – Freecycle. Join our led ride from Peckham Rye Park and Burgess Park. This will be … Read More
Dunwich Dynamo transport now LIVE
Tickets now available at the same price as 2019. Go to DD tickets page: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/product/dunwich-dynamo-2022/.
89 Riders on the Climate Ride
Marvellous Climate Safe Streets ride. 89 riders, including about 12 marshals, weather OK, and good reception from people we passed. Ride started at Cutty Sark with about 45 riders. Led by Philippa they processed to Folkestone Gardens where about 20 … Read More
Local Elections 2022
It is local election time again. Every 4 years we get the chance to persuade our councillors that they cannot possibly get re-elected unless they promise MORE ACTION TO PROMOTE CYCLING!
This year LCC are running a camaign called … Read More
Ride Leader’s Course
Our Ride Leader’s Course took place on Sunday 13th March with an excellent attendance of 11. Five riders were from Southwark, with others coming from all over London (Bexley, Lewisham, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Hillingdon). Used the Community Room at Dockhead … Read More
Act Now: Demand Southwark Council reduce motor traffic in Bellenden Road
Consultation closes 17 December 2021
Southwark council are currently consulting on a scheme to allegedly improve cycling in Bellenden Road area (west of Rye Lane) as part of the council’s flagship “Southwark Spine” route.
Many people were deeply disappointed when … Read More
Is Cycling up or down?
Weekend cycling is still up on pre-pandemic levels. As described in my post in Feb 2021 levels in Jamaica Rd increased 200% in May last year during lockdown one. This is also shown on the right half of the slide … Read More
Healthy Rides Annual Report
We led a record 66 rides during the year from Nov 2020. Trend is shown in the figure. Fewer riders per ride during the pandemic due to restrictions on numbers. On the Healthy Rides home page you can find a … Read More