Healthy rides
Healthy Ride Report – Rotherhithe to Dulwich and back
June 12, 2016 | Bruce Lynn 1
17 riders at Canada Water for the June 11th ride. Warm, rather humid morning, and no rain threatened. Headed off round top of Greenland Dock (photo) then south to Millwall Stadium where we noted the new path branching off to … Read More
Another record turn out for our Healthy Ride
May 23, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
Waterloo to Bishops Park, Fulham “+” Ride May 21st, 2016 9.30am-1pm We had a new departure point for the May Healthy Ride + with 24 cyclists leaving from Emma Cons Gardens opposite The Old Vic (for anyone interested Emma Cons … Read More
Healthy Ride Report, May 14th 2016
May 16, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
14 riders turned up at Canada Water including a good number of first- or second-time joiners. Plan was to ride a stretch of Quietway 1, including the newly opened path past the Millwall stadium (“The Den”). First we went upstream … Read More
Record 22 riders for Clapham Common Healthy Ride
May 13, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
10am on Saturday May 7th saw 22 riders depart from Burgess Park. This is a new record, just surpassing the 21 riders on Jan 9th (see report). Ride report from Ride Leader Jane Champion.
We set off fairly promptly in … Read More
“+” Ride from Canada Water to Thames Flood Barrier
March 23, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
Healthy Ride Report 19th March 2016
A grey, cold but dry morning saw 12 riders set off from Canada Water a bit after 9.30. Ride Leader Werner had devised a new inland route for the outward leg. This passed via … Read More
Record numbers on Healthy Rides
March 8, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
An average of 17 riders on the seven Healthy Rides so far this year. Compares with an average of 11 in 2015 and is our best start of the year ever. These Saturday morning rides have reached Battersea Park, Brixton … Read More
Southwark Cyclists Bike Trains
March 7, 2016 | Andy CawdellFed up with the trains? Take your bike instead — cheap and reliable
Starting from 30th March, we will be running Bike Trains from Nunhead and Peckham Rye stations up to Blackfriars — taking in two parks, a traffic-calmed backstreet, … Read More
Peckham to Look Mum No Hands
February 29, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
Healthy Ride Report. Feb 27th, 2016. A cold February morning, but this did not stop 18 riders meeting up at Peckham Square for the latest Healthy Ride. Headed north led by Amanda, who provided much of the information for this … Read More
Healthy Ride Report, Peckham to Brixton Mill, 23 Jan 2016
January 24, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
11 riders at Peckham Square on what turned out to be a beautiful winter morning. Cold, but lots of sunshine and little wind. Set off on the Brixton Windmill loop, a route used several times over the last few years. … Read More
Healthy Ride: Canada Water to Camberwell Loop taking in some of the new cycling routes and infrastructure
January 9, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
Wow! 21 riders at Canada Water on a grey January Saturday morning. Quite a sight. Some regular riders, some irregulars, and several new riders. One new rider had a loan bike from the Southwark cheap loan scheme, still running (http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200123/cycling/3935/borrow_a_bike_for_10).