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RIDE REMINDER Sunday 15th September: Welwyn Garden City and beyond

A chance to get into the quiet lanes of northern Herts. With Malcolm leading, the group will head to Vanstones Garden Centre for lunch. Then head north through St Paul’s Walden on to a track for a bit of ‘rough-stuff’. Tea at Emily’s Tea Shop in Whitwell then back to WGC.

Meet: 11am outside the station (Howardsgate Shopping Centre – by MacDonalds) in Welwyn Garden City. Be ready to leave at 11am – come early if you want a coffee.

Trains:                        New Southgate          10:22

Oakleigh Park            10:26

New Barnet                10:28

Arrive WGC                10:49

Ride leader:  Malcolm Nightingale  07538 402147

 For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

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London Weekend 21-22 September

Lots happening in and around London on 21-22 September with Open House London 2019 on 21-22 September and Car Free Day on Sunday 22 September and you can visit them by bike.

With Open House London it is possible to visit hundreds of buildings of architectural interest and historical, cultural and general interest in central London and the Boroughs. With the Car Free Day on Sunday, 22 September road closures or bus-only zones will be enforced between 10.30am and 5pm with twenty kilometres of roads closed in central London and cycling and walking encouraged around Tower Bridge, London Bridge and the City of London.

You can learn more at:

https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-car-free-day-2019-what-will-this-years-event-involve-everything-you-need-to-know-a4174536.html

Buildings open include for example the Treasury Office, Foreign Office, Whitehall, various embassies, Saville Row, etc. Some building visits require email booking in advance (eg Wrotham Park, Barnet) and others are by ballot only with those ballots mostly closed now (eg No. 10 Downing St and new US Embassy).

But don’t be discouraged, hundreds of other buildings are still accessible and open in your area and in London and don’t forget the Car Free Day on Sunday 22 September and maybe use your bike to get to some of these famous buildings?

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Monthly Meeting: Thursday 26th September

A reminder that the next indoor meeting will be on Thursday 26th September.

We would like to hear about your cycling adventures over the summer. And we need YOU to volunteer! We are looking for a few people to tell us about where they went cycling, what was it like, is it something they would recommend?  If you have photographs all the better and we can show these. They can be short chats – 5 or 10 mins would be great. We guarantee a friendly audience!

Please email Alison if you can help – alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

Meet: 8pm Carey Hall, Trinity Church Centre, Nether Street, North Finchley N12

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Creating a cycle network in St Albans and Harpenden

There is an open public meeting organised by St Albans Cycle Campaign to discuss how to develop a collaborative and feasible cycle network in St Albans & Harpenden. Entry is free to anyone interested in learning more about this, but please register in advance on Eventbrite (https://stacc-agm.eventbrite.co.uk).

The speaker will be Brian Deegan who is a leading street design engineer and an inspirational public speaker. He was co-author of the London Cycling Design Standards and is currently principal design engineer with Urban Movement, and cycling infrastructure lead for Greater Manchester Combined Authority. He has lived in Harpenden for 10 years, and knows the challenges and opportunities of creating a cycle network for the district and area.

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Sunday 15th September: Welwyn Garden City and beyond

A chance to get into the quiet lanes of northern Herts. With Malcolm leading, the group will head to Vanstones Garden Centre for lunch. Then head north through St Paul’s Walden on to a track for a bit of ‘rough-stuff’. Tea at Emily’s Tea Shop in Whitwell then back to WGC.

Meet: 11am outside the station (Howardsgate Shopping Centre – by MacDonalds) in Welwyn Garden City. Be ready to leave at 11am – come early if you want a coffee.

Trains:

New Southgate          10:22

Oakleigh Park            10:26

New Barnet                10:28

Arrive WGC                10:49

Ride leader:  Malcolm Nightingale  07538 402147

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tube in case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

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RIDE REMINDER: SATURDAY 7th September The Salt’n’Vinegar Ride!

This is the evening ride that was postponed from August due to bad weather. And note that it is a SATURDAY not a Sunday.  A half day ride with fish and chips for lunch at the end. So, if you can’t make the Sunday rides, why not try this. A local ride staying within Barnet borough.

Lunch at D&Q Fish & Chips, 688 High Road, North Finchley N12 (opposite the Tally Ho pub on the east side of the High Road).

Meet: 11am Tally Ho, North Finchley N12

Ride Leader: Ian Ollier 0208 440 5943

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tube  case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

 

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SATURDAY 7th September: The Salt’n’Vinegar Ride!

This is the ride that was postponed from August due to bad weather. And note that it is a SATURDAY not a Sunday.  A half-day ride with fish and chips for lunch at the end of the ride. So, if you can’t make the Sunday rides, why not try this. A local ride staying within Barnet borough.

Lunch at D&Q Fish & Chips, 688 High Road, North Finchley N12 (opposite the Tally Ho pub on the east side of the High Road).

Meet: 11am Tally Ho, North Finchley N12

Ride Leader: Ian Ollier 0208 440 5943

 

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

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Sunday 1st September TUAG: Turn-Up-And-Go

First Sunday of the month ride – route not planned in advance. Meet, discuss where you would like to go and off you go!

Meet: McDonalds near Tally Ho, North Finchley N12

Time: from 9.30am for coffee and planning – leave at 10am.

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

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RIDE REMINDER: Sunday 18th August St Albans Abbey

The  plan this month is to amble north to St Albans to visit the Abbey and see its new Welcome Centre https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48621049. This will be a relaxed pace ride – but not necessarily a short ride (about 30 miles all in). After leaving The Spires we will ride the 10 miles to St Albans without a coffee stop. This will allow for an early lunch at one of the many eating places in the centre of St Albans. The group will then go on to visit the new Abbey centre.  Riding back, there will be a stop for afternoon tea along the way.

Meet: 10.00am Tally Ho, North Finchley N12 or 10.30am outside Waitrose, The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand

Ride Leader: Ian Ollier 0208 440 5943

NB No indoor meeting in August. The next meeting is Thursday 26thSeptember.

 For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington 01707 376282 alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

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Evening ride cancelled -Friday 9th Aug. A bit more info……

Hello

to clarify, the decision to cancel the ride is due to the weather forecast for Friday evening – high winds and rain. The committee feel it could be unsafe and we do not want to encourage members to take unnecessary risks.

If we can reschedule it this season we will post details on this website.

Safe cycling!