Felt like a great day for a ride as soon as I headed out down Peckham Rye. More cool spring day, than mid winter morning. Two fellow riders at the library, and together we headed off for the riverside at London Bridge, then a short Bankside trip to Blackfriars. 2 more met up with us and the five of us managed to get return tickets to Harpenden for less than… Read More »Herts and Bucks Explorer 1/2/2014
NB. This route is largely open now, although not yet finished. The developers have been reasonably good at keeping us informed and sticking to to their promises, with a couple of little hiccups here and there. Please keep us informed of any problems on the route so we can take it up with them as soon as possible. The development won’t be finished till 2016. The section of NCN… Read More »Waterlink Way: How much longer will we have a safe and traffic free route from Ladywell through Catford?
Update October 2015: Read about the latest developments in our attempts to get Tfl to deliver a safe junction for all road users here Update: May 2015. We are now well in to the construction of the Low H road system in this development. And have had numerous complaints from cyclists who have to use this busy junction, difficult at its best. And, it seems, it may well be at… Read More »Lewisham Gateway: What’s happening?
Before Christmas, you may remember that we asked you to complete a survey drawn up by the London Cycling Campaign in which you could draw attention to what you considered to be the barriers to cycling, both in Lewisham and across London wherever Lewisham cyclists ride, or in many cases, would like to ride, but can’t due to the severity of those barriers. We now have the results of… Read More »Space4Cycling: Survey results and Campaign News
All are welcome at the Lewisham Cyclists monthly meeting held on the third Wednesday of each month in our favourite Lewisham pub. These meetings are fairly informal and it’s a good opportunity to hear about the current local campaigns and influence their direction. Please come along… Here’s the agenda for this month’s meeting: Lewisham Cyclists Meeting Wednesday 15th January 2014 at 6.30pm Dog and Bell Public House, 116 Prince St,… Read More »LC Monthly Meeting 6.30pm 15th January, Dog and Bell, Deptford – Agenda
I remember when I first heard about The Cycle Super Highways, it seemed a great idea. Fast, safe routes for cyclists, from all around the city to Central London? Honestly? This was heady stuff. When had we ever heard anyone talk like this about cycling in London? The LCN, (London Cycle network) which had promised so much still remained piecemeal, patchy, and was never intended to give cyclists equal access… Read More »CS5 and Lewisham…a troubled relationship.
The closing date for the LCC survey is midnight tonight (Thursday 12th December). If you haven’t already done it, please fill it in here. http://lcc.org.uk/articles/tell-us-about-local-barriers-to-cycling-to-help-our-space-for-cycling-campaign-and-you-could-win-a-brand-new-bike LCC will be using the results to inform the campaign we are mounting for the 2014 London elections. A campaign to ensure that all the candidates know exactly what is important to their cycling and potential cycling borough residents. So it’s extremely important that we… Read More »Last chance to show LCC the barriers to cycling in your area. Make your membership count!
I have been a bit remiss in completing ride reports recently…but having been told at the Greenwich Christmas Quiz that at least a few people enjoy them, I will start again. I rode to Clapham Junction under blue skies streaked with thin threads of pure white cloud, a beautiful clear winter light flooding the Common. A great 6 miles to start the day I was expecting at least half a… Read More »Surrey Hills Winter Edition December 2013
Although we feel that everyone is quite clear about what is wrong with some of the major pieces of cycling infrastructure in our city, and believe that cycling and other sustainable transport organisations have been explaining for some time now what needs to be done, Boris, as usual has his own ideas. So, folks, whip off those headphones because apparently you iPod carrying wheelers are the scourge of the city’s… Read More »Boris’s Solution: Take off those headphones and complete this survey
A good news story featuring cycling. Very welcome this week, especially and a really good one to remind us just how enjoyable and positive an activity cycling can be. I met a group of cyclists that reminded me again of some of the many reasons I love cycling. I was responding to an email request for volunteers to learn how to pilot tandems to enable people with visual impairments to… Read More »Wheels For Wellbeing: A Cycling Good News Story