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Dulwich-Beckenham Place Park Easy-paced (about 14 miles in 3.5 hours) and avoiding the busiest roads. Part of a series on 3rd Saturdays each month. Longer version of regular Healthy Rides. Out via Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, Mayow Park, NR21 from Bell Green to Cator Park. Driveway to Mansion, coffee break, then ride Ravensbourne Green Way […]
Easy-going ride mostly on quiet roads and off-road paths. Provisional plan: Out via Walworth Green Link to Quietway 1 at Trinity Square. Follow Q1 to Blackfriars Road. Then N-S Superhighway across Blackfriars Bridge and E_W Superhighway to the Tower. Return via London Bridge, Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Willow Walk (Q1 again) and the Canal Path. 10 miles, […]
Easy ride avoiding any big hills. Designed for 2 hour "Healthy Ride". Out via Herne Hill Velodrome, Brockwell Park and Brixton Windmill. Brief stop at Cafe near Bandstand. Return via Brockwell Park and Bel Air Park. https://goo.gl/gcbI5s
Usual easy-paced Southwark Cyclists Healthy Ride. Completely flat and lots to see - Deptford riverside, Cutty Sark, Canary Wharf, St Katherines Dock and more. May use alternative route from Shadwell to St Katherines along canals. Route at https://goo.gl/DhhUOD Sorry, under 16s must bring a responsible adult with them.
Easy-paced long morning ride, heading across the river from Greenwich and exploring eastwards. Isle of Dogs, Trinity Buoy Wharf (http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/) and more. Check back nearer date for detailed route information. Start/finish at Cutty Sark, next to the Foot Tunnel entrance, SE10 9HT. Anyone who would like to start from Canada Water at 9am, contact Bruce […]
Plan is to repeat last year’s Big Butterfly Count Ride (see ride report at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-june-july2015.html ). Anticlockwise loop through Peckham Rye Park, Ruskin Park, Elam Street Open Space, Myatts Field and Burgess Park. If time also loop through Kennington Park and visit Walworth Garden Farm. Route at http://goo.gl/v14knG. Information about Big Butterfly Count at http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet roads and paths. Clockwise loop outwards via Horniman Museum and Sydenham Wells Park. Circuit of Crystal Palace Park, including the Dinosaurs. These 2 parts of the ride a bit hilly, but total distance is less than usual, so can take the steeper sections slowly. Then long downhill run back […]
Usual easy-paced Southwark Cyclists Healthy Ride. One of our favourite rides (no hills!). Downstream to Greenwich and through the foot tunnel to Wapping. Along the north bank to Tower Bridge, across the bridge, then Thames path route (NR4) back to Canada Water. Route at https://goo.gl/DhhUOD Sorry, under 16s must bring a responsible adult with them. […]
Usual 3.5 hour easy ride. Start/Finish Cutty Sark, by the tunnel entrance. The last ride to Trinity Buoy wharf was so popular we have decided to repeat it, but using a different route. This time will go outward along the south bank and cross at Woolwich using the foot tunnel. Then back along the north […]
Fire of London Anniversary Ride – Southwark Cyclists Healthy Ride. Start/finish Canada Water Library, SE16 7AR (opposite Canada Water Station) Easy-paced ride using as far as possible quiet streets or paths. Route will ride round the perimeter of the great fire that occurred 350 years ago, on Sept 2nd 1666. From Canada Water along the […]