Posts By Bruce Lynn
Ride Leader’s Course
March 14, 2022 | Bruce LynnOur 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, … Read More
Is Cycling up or down?
November 11, 2021 | Bruce LynnWeekend 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 … Read More
Healthy Rides Annual Report
November 11, 2021 | Bruce LynnWe 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. … Read More
2021 Picnic
September 24, 2021 | Bruce LynnSaturday 18th September
Good turnout for the first face-to-face get together since March 2020. About 25 people- a mixture of Southwark Cyclists regulars and riders from the day’s Healthy Rides. … Read More
Cargo Bike Parade on Tooley Street
June 25, 2021 | Bruce LynnPassing pedestrians on Tooley St luchtime last Wednesday (June 23rd) were treated to the amazing site of maybe 40 brightly coloured cargo bikes in convoy. Caught the front half in … Read More
Cycling and Trees – a match made in heaven
June 21, 2021 | Bruce LynnCycling and trees are both important parts of the green agenda. So, unsurprisingly, a recent ride looking at Great Trees proved very popular. Have now produced a turn-by-turn guide to … Read More
A tunnel and an aerial swimming pool
June 6, 2021 | Bruce LynnThe Healthy Rides are having fun
Last Saturday (5th June) there were 2 healthy rides. The longer ride headed west to Battersea Power Station. On the way a small … Read More
Big increase in weekend cycling
February 26, 2021 | Bruce LynnBeen counting cyclists on the A200 Jamaica Rd from my balcony for the last 11 months of pandemic. The effect of successive lockdowns has been to trigger a large increase … Read More
Healthy Rides 2019-20
November 14, 2020 | Bruce LynnWhat a year! In March had to stop for Lockdown 1. Then 6 person rides, then 20, then 6 again. Now in Lockdown 2 with no rides. When 6-person rides … Read More
Cycleway 4 is Open
September 25, 2020 | Bruce Lynn 1Tower Bridge to Lower Rd section opened today, 25th September 2020.
C4 begins at Queen ElizabethSt/Tooley St junction and runs for 2km to Lower Rd, just past the Rotherhithe … Read More