A ride to look at some trees. Boring. Maybe - but trees, we are realizing, are not just a taken-for-granted background. They matter. They soak up CO2 and are good for our health.  Inspiration comes from a Zoom talk in March to Better Streets Southwark by Paul Wood about Tree Talk and his amazing Tree […]

NOTE. You must register on Eventbrite, details below. Please give a phone number when registering as it may be needed for Track and Trace.  If you cannot make it, please cancel so that someone else can take the place. Even at the last minute it is worth cancelling. Bloomsbury Loop from Burgess Park  < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloomsbury-loop-from-burgess-park-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-160445146753 […]

NOTE You must register on Eventbrite for Healthy Rides at present due to Covid regulations. Link for this ride is: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peckham-to-the-quaggy-river-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-161270379045 Easy-paced 2 hour ride, this one mostly quiet roads with a few path sections through parks. Some gentle hills, nothing extreme.  Start/finish Peckham Square (next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 […]

NOTE – you must register on Eventbrite at  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/canada-water-greenwich-tower-bridge-loop-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-162216972331 Easy 12 mile loop using DLR to cross river at Greenwich (mask + travel pass or equivalent needed) and returning over Tower Bridge.  No hills, mostly off road or quiet streets. Tower Bridge can be busy, but strict 20 mph and no awkward side turnings, so […]

NOTE. You must register on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greenwich-to-lesnes-abbey-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-162351145647 Note the slightly earlier 9.30 start. 20 mile route largely follows the river, keeping to the south side. Outward takes the Thames path round the Greenwich  peninsula and continuing to Woolwich and Thamesmead. Heads inland on mostly paths to Lesnes Abbey and a well-deserved coffee break. On […]

NOTE. You must register on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dulwich-to-wimbledon-park-southwark-healthy-ride-tickets-162346545889 Our parks and commons are at their best at the moment so come and enjoy a ride through 5 of them.  15 miles. 10am –12.30pm. Start/finish Dulwich Clock Café, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ.  Route: Dulwich Park via Brockwell Park, Clapham Common, Wandsworth Common to Wimbledon Park. Return […]