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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Winter Wheels: Last skate before 2008 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:26:27 +0000 == THIS WEEK == As the year's end approaches we thought there's still time for lead marshal Roggie to squeeze in a 12 mile LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE heading south of the river to Lambeth Palace and the newly resurfaced The Cut, before heading back up north to Hoxton Square for a half time stop. The way home will take in the downhill from Islington to Kings Cross before heading back to the park. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20071214 SATURDAY will see the annual SANTASKATE. This is a paid event which raises funds for the London street skates. Tickets are just £10 and include a Santa costume - or wear your own costume if you already have St Nick in your dressing up box, but you still have to pay to play. The start is 4:45pm at Wellington Arch (the LFNS start point) but if you need to collect a suit you must do that beforehand: get them between 2pm and 4pm at the Victoria Pub, Strathearn Place. http://www.santaskate.com/ The route for this week's SUNDAY STROLL is either a marvel of geometry, or the colouring in of a particularly uncoordinated goat, depending on how you like your art. The route is short, sweet and fairly smooth with half time just off Marylebone High Street. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20071216 This is where it gets complicated, though: if the SANTASKATE is cancelled due to e.g. the wrong kind of snow (any kind of snow) it will run at Sunday 2pm instead, to accommodate visitors from abroad who have to fly back on Sunday evening. This would mean no Stroll, as we (and probably, most of you) will be ho-ho-hoing our way down Oxford Street. If we have to cancel the Stroll, we'll let you know on the website. If that leaves you at a loose end on Sunday, you can always turn out to cheer - and tell us what you want for Christmas. Perhaps someone will even let you sit on their knee. == CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE GEESE ARE GETTING FAST == Traditionally this is the season to run a "what to buy skaters for Christmas" article, but we think we did all the really bad puns last year already. Suggestions have included MPC Storm Surge wheels (great for skating in the rain), some better weather (because it's not that great skating in the rain anyway), 110mm frames (vote from the speedskaters there), new tarmac along the rest of Oxford St (thank you, Santa, for repairing the road at the bottom of Regent St) and more beer. And the Firebrox says it would like some Underworld tickets and a pair of new brake shoes. == YEAR ON WHEELS == This FRIDAY is the last ever London Friday Night Skate in 2007; SUNDAY is the final Sunday Stroll. And SATURDAY is the one and only Santa Skate, of course. If they're not rained off. If it feels like every skate this season has been rained off: well, we ran the numbers: 69 went ahead, 21 rained off, two still to happen. Among the skates that did happen: the Bunny Stroll, the three hour Long Good Friday Night Skate, the one-way trip to Greenwich, and the 18 mile Circle Line skate. You might also have seen some of the 15 new faces called to the Order of the Yellow Vest, and the three new marshals who've started leading skates this year. And you've probably read some or all of the 50 issues of Week on Wheels (including this one). Normal service will resume in January when we've slept off the hangovers: exact timings depend on who's getting back from what when, but we'll let you know next year. == SMALL PRINT == So, that's it. Don't email us, it bounces: use the feedback form on our site instead. To unsubscribe, use the link in the mail footer - right at the bottom after the copyright notice. http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided that credit is given. All trademarks are acknowledged. The LFNS is not responsible for the content of external web sites. He knows if you've been good or bad, so be good for goodness sake. -- Sent from the London Friday Night Skate - http://www.lfns.co.uk/ Check out any time - see http://www.lfns.co.uk/unsubscribe.php?list=wow |
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