BBC 60K – Record Healthy Ride
This was a special ride devised and led by Werner Wiethege. Broadcasting by the BBC began on November 1922. This did not give us much time to do a commenarative … Read More
2023 Ride Leaders Course
Sunday 26th March was the date of this years Southwark Ride Leaders Course run under the auspices of our parent organisation, London Cycling Campaign. As last year our trainer was … Read More
December Committee Meeting
Brief Notes on the short meeting on Dec 14th 2022 by Zoom (the second semi-final was in progress…)
- Borough junction (next to tube station), Nov 30th, latest collision, lorry … Read More
Award to Southwark Cyclists from the London Cycling Campaign.
This is nice. At the LCC Awards Party on Dec 6th we, along with Lewisham and Greenwich Cyclists, received a Highly Commended award for the Climate Safe Streets ride … Read More
Next Section of CS4 started
Work has started on the section of CS4 through the Surrey Quays one-way system. A bidirectional track will be constructed from the existing track just SE of the tunnel roundabout … Read More
Climate Safe Streets Update
Update from the CSS group: Simon Saville, David Stoker, Tom Harrison, Jeremy Leach and Rose McNamee
In the run up to the May local election, we sent our list of … Read More
Take action: Tell Southwark Council to make cycling on Rye Lane safe for all ages and abilities
Southwark Council are consulting on changes to Rye Lane in Peckham. We have until 16th September to tell them to make sure it’s safe for cycling.
Link to consultation: https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/rye-lane-traffic/
Andy Cawdell – R.I.P.
As many of you will know, Andy Cawdell died on June 20th 2022 after a long battle against motoneurone disease. He was a stalwart of cycling in London, a founding … Read More
Lands End to John O’Groats
Monthly Meeting on July 13th, our first “in person” for a while, will include a presentation by Simon Saville on his Lands End to John O’Groats ride last year. This … Read More