This +Plus ride will explore the City and Hackney en route to St Pancras and home again. Like all the +Plus rides it starts earlier at 9.30am and finishes at 1pm — offering the opportunity to explore new bits of London before lunch.

The ride starts outside Canada Water library where there are seats overlooking the water. Canada Water station has lifts which will take three full-size bikes but not all stations are so hospitable. East Dulwich Station has walk up access to trains and Queens Road has a lift (in theory, check it’s working before basing your plans on it). Nunhead and Peckham Rye are inhospitable for bikes with lots of steps and no lifts. In fact, check whether the Overground will be working at all because as of this moment it appears it may not.

Werner will be leading the group north from Canada Water via Southwark Bridge and quietly through the City, using CS1 to cross Great Eastern St and Old St safely. Once in Hackney they will pick up Quietway 2 and follow it to Cycle Superhighway 6 and St Pancras where there will be a coffee stop before turning for home.

The pace will be easy. The atmosphere cheerful. No need to book. The ride is free for all. These rides are organised by Bruce Lynn and friends on behalf of Southwark Cyclists. SC is the borough branch of the London Cycling Campaign which campaigns for safer cycling in London. Everything we do is free and open to all. No need to belong to LCC or live in Southwark.