February
Thursday 8: 7pm: Greenwich Council Transport Policy open meeting. Forum
Sunday 11: 10.30am Clockhouse Pub, Barry Road, SE22: Lea’s Dozen Parks ride. Gentle 20 miles. Southwark Cyclists
Sunday 18: 10am: Locks, docks and one smoking ferry: gentle much stopping tour. 20 slow miles and loads to see. CSG
Wednesday 21: Friends of Greenwich Park annual lecture by CE of Royal Parks Agency. Greenwich University. £7.50 from 020 8463 0275
Friday 23: 6pm. Critical Mass. NFT
Sunday 25: 10am. Last Sunday ride. CSG. 30 riverside miles.
March
Wednesday 7: 7.30pm: Monthly meeting. Forum
Thursday 8: 2-5: Women’s bike maintenance workshop. Forum
Saturday 10: 10-12: Women’s beginner’s ride. Forum
Saturday 10: 10am: Whitstable cancelled. Gravesend ferry etc instead.
10am CSG
Sunday 11: 10-2: Women’s Cutty Sark to Flood Barrier ride. CSG
Wednesday 14: 7-10pm: Women’s bike maintenance workshop. Forum
Saturday 17: 10-1: Women’s Road skills ride. CSG
Saturday 17: 10am: to Gravesend ferry and over. 40 flat ones and Tilbury fort. CSG
Sunday 18: 10-4: Women’s Docklands Tour. CSG
Sunday 18: 2.30pm: kids and parents ride: 6 easy miles. St John’s Church, Stratheden Road, Blackheath, or at 3.15pmJohn Harrison Way, North Greenwich Peninsula by Thames Cycle Path
Sunday 25: canal ride, Bishops Stortford back to London. 30miles. 10am Liverpool Street station indicator board.
Friday 30: 6pm: Critical Mass. NFT
Saturday 31: LCC open strategy day meeting. Paula 020 7928 6112
April
Wednesday 4: 7.30pm: Monthly meeting. Forum
Saturday 7l: Dungeness, the Romney Marshes and Prospect Cottage. 50 incredibly flat miles. 10am London Bridge station by Smiths for Ashford train.
Thursday 12: Greenwich Cyclists first birthday event
Easter Monday 16: kids and parents 6 miles. Meet 3pm John Harrison Way, North Greenwich Peninsula by Thames Cycle Path
Sunday 22: London Marathon
Sunday 22: 10am. Train to Southend then ferry to Burnham on Crouch and north to St Peter’s. 50 flat miles. Liverpool Street station
Friday 27: 6pm: Critical Mass. NFT
Saturday 28: London Cycling Campaign training day for local activists
Sunday 29: 11am: Mayor’s ride. Cutty Sark to Erith. Slow 15 miles. Dartford crossing ride after. Medium 30. 020 8921 5075 for £5 entry form.
May
Wednesday 2: 7.30pm. Monthly meeting. Forum
Saturday 5 : 10am CSG: Locks, Docks and one smoking ferry ride. A gentle 10 mile explore of docklands
Sunday 6 : 11am: Greenwich Peninsula Blue Peter Ride
Monday 7: Waterlink Way. 15 flat off-road miles down the Ravensbourne. 10am: CSG
Friday 11: weekend away. Train to St Austell. B&B. The Eden project. Then 30 rolling miles to Tate St Ives and train back Sunday. Bring your swimmie
Saturday 19: 10am Liverpool Street Station: train to Southend for Burnham on Crouch etc ferry ride. 50 very falt leisurely miles.
Friday 25: 6pm: Critical Mass. NFT
Sunday 27: We're helping a MacMillan Cancer Charity ride. Meet 10am CSG to help with signs and stewarding etc. Ride starts at 11am. Along river to opening events at Woolwich Arsenal Firepower Museum. Optional extension afterwards to Dartford Bridge and over.
Monday 28: Last Resort Ride: meet 9.45am by Victoria Station ticket office for 10.05 to Whitstable. Arrives 11.19 for harbour and beach-hut tour then 40 flat miles to all those household names: Herne Bay, Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Deal, Dover.......train back from somewhere down there. Swim.
June
Saturday 2: Sudbury ride. Gentle circular route through lovely Essex and Suffolk countryside. Includes pretty villages, quiet lanes, Colne valley and calling in at Ridgewell gliding club. About 40 miles. Meet at Liverpool Street under big train indicator board at 10.30 for 10.47 departure. Returning at 18.12 (arr. 19.36). Later trains every hour.
Wednesday 6: 7.30pm. Monthly meeting. Forum
National Bike Week: 16-24
Saturday 9: The West Thames Fiddle Meet: 10am Cutty Sark then 10.45am National Film Theatre cafe to pick up the Southwark crew, South Bank, under southern armpit of Waterloo Bridge. (where Critical Mass meets at 6pm on the last Friday of every month.....end June will be excellent...you'll love/hate it. But if you cycle in London you should open mind sample it). Saturday's Route? On the road to the NFT for a coffee then we join the Thames Path and meander it slowly all the way to Richmond Park where we ride the excellent cinder track round the perimeter before lunch in the cafe by the golf course. Optional ways back courtesy of Roger and the Hammersmith meadows, or train to London or roads back to Cutty Sark. A really slow flat ride with loads to see. A riverside tour. Around 30 miles.
Festival of Cycling Rides: From 16 to 24 June 2001 is the National Festival of Cycling. There are around 300 events in the UK, 100 of those are in London and run by London Cycling Campaign local groups. Greenwich Cyclists are putting on 7 events, more than any other borough. All these rides are free to all, just turn up and go. Contact us for more information.
Saturday 16: 10am Cutty Sark, Greenwich and back Locks, docks and one smoking ferry. A slow scenic riverside ramble with lots of stops...The Dome, the Flood Barrier, Woolwich Ferry, City Airport, the Royals, River Lea, Trinity Buoy Wharf, the Isle of Dogs, Greenwich Foot Tunnel and home. Optional extension: Isle of Dogs, Wapping, Tower Bridge, Rotherhithe, Deptford, home. 3 hours/12 miles or 6 hours/20 miles. Some minor roads. Suitable for accompanied children over 7.
Sunday 17: 10am Cutty Sark Greenwich, and back Love Lea Valley. Under the Foot Tunnel and onto the Isle of Dogs to where the Lea joins the Thames. Then off-road river and canal-side. A flat slowish 30 mile round-trip led by a Sustrans Ranger responsible for that stretch. Almost no roads. Suitable for accompanied children over 7.
Tuesday 19: 7pm Cutty Sark. Afterworker. A quicker riverside and main road round trip of 20 miles in all. For the more experienced, but paced for all.
Wednesday 20: 7.30am Cutty Sark. Commuter Breakfast. Bike-to-Work Day. Join Southwark Cyclists at the Island Cafe, Southwark Bridge Road before work.
Thursday 21: 2am Cutty Sark
Summer Solstice Special. To see the sunrise on this the longest day. Unmissable. Pick up other groups along the way.
2.30am: south end of London Bridge
3.15am: Bar Italia, Frith Street
4.30am: top of Primrose Hill, Regents Park
4.43am: sunrise.
5.30am: breakfast
6.30am: home/work/ride
A round trip of about 10 miles. Very quiet roads. Hugely memorable.
Saturday 23: 10am sharp on concourse at London Bridge station for Folkstone train. Back from Rye. All day. Dungeness Swim. 50 of the flattest miles in England through one of the oddest landscapes and Romney Marshes. Derek Jarmanís Prospect Cottage. Optional swim and pub lunch. Medium pace.
Sunday 24: 10am Cutty Sark. Oystercatcher. 65 miles to lovely Whitstable Harbour. Some busy main roads until Gravesend then lovely quiet lanes and bike paths. Late train back to London Bridge. 30 mile option: train to Rochester and meet us at lunch there. Must arrange. Medium pace.
Friday 29: 6pm: Critical Mass
Saturday 30: All day: Anti-Racist festival. Plumstead. GC stall
July
Meet at Cutty Sark (CSG) unless otherwise stated
Sunday 1 July: 10am CSG: Locks, docks and one smoking ferry: gentle, slow, flat Docklands explore. 10 and 20 mile options. No big roads.
Tuesday 3 July: 7pm CSG: Afterworker. Down the river and back before dark.
Wednesday 4 July: Greenwich Cyclists monthly meeting 7.30pm-9pm. The Forum@Greenwich, 177 Trafalgar Road.
Saturday 7 July CSG: Millennium School Bike Event with the octopus. Meet 9am CSG to ride to Dulwich Park to pick up the eight seater circle. Huge fun.
Saturday 7 July: 7pm CSG. The ride that is a legend. 120 miles overnight and into the sunrise to Suffolk’s lovely Dunwich. Coach and bike trailer back £15. See website for FAQs. Contact us fast for tickets.
Friday 13 July: 7pm CSG: Waterwall Afterworker. To Thames Barrier Park to gaze in through the wire at £14 G&D Festival event. They might just let us in.
Sunday 15 July: 10am CSG: St Swithin’s Day Wet One: slow, flat explore down the Thames to the Barnes Wetlands centre. Admission fee. Road to South Bank then Thames path all the way. 30 miles in all.
Wednesday 18 July: 7pm CSG: Afterworker. Virtually all of road on towpaths etc.......gently up the Lea Valley and home before dark.
Saturday 21 July: 9.30am London Bridge station by Smiths. Folkstone train for the UK’s flattest ride over Romney Marshes and the weird landscapes of Dungeness. Back from Rye or (finish with a big hill) Hastings. Swim.
Sunday 22 July: Meet for 11am start CSG: to the Thames Water’s Cathedral of Sewage open day at Crossness. Easy 12 miles round trip.
Tuesday 24 July: 7pm CSG: Afterworker down the Thames gently.
Friday 27 July: 7pm South Bank: Critical Mass. Help create a moving traffic free zone. What the streets could be like. Bit political.
Saturday 28 July: 9am CSG: 65 undulating miles to Whitstable. Train it to Rochester and meet us for lunch and the last flatter, greener 30 miles. Some of us will stay the night there.....
Sunday 29 July: 11am: Whitstable Harbour for the fantastic 12 resorts ride round the coast to Dover. 50 flattish miles mostly on bike paths and quiet lanes. Loads of drop out points.
August
Wednesday 1 August: monthly meeting. All welcome. 7.30-9pm Greenwich Forum, 177 Trafalgar Road, SE10 9EQ. 020 7232 0444. www.greenwichcyclists.org.uk. masonb@supanet.com
Saturday 4 August: 9.15am Lewisham Library, 10am Cutty Sark for riverside ramble to Richmond. 35 mile round trip.
Sunday 5 August: 10am Cutty Sark, 10.30am Lewisham Library: 50 undulating miles to Brighton.
Wednesday 8 August: 7pm Cutty Sark: Afterworker. Slow meander somewhere and home before dark. 10 miles or so.
Saturday 11 August: 10am Cutty Sark: Gravesend and over the ferry. 40 mile round trip explore.
Sunday 12 August: 10am Cutty Sark: Link the Green Chain: we’ll gently do as much of this linear park as is sensible in a day. Lots of drop out points, some lifting over stiles etc
Tuesday 14 August: 7pm Cutty Sark: Afterworker up the Thames path to the South Bank. 12 miles or so.
Saturday 18 August: 10am Cutty Sark: Locks, docks and one smoking ferry: gentle flat Docklands explore. 10, 20, 30 mile options.
Sunday 19 August: Deal to Folkstone: great stretch of coastline to include cliff-tops and lovely new Samphire Down park under those white cliffs. Meet 8.30am London Bridge station for 9.03am to Deal. 20 miles mostly on bike tracks.
Wednesday 22 August: 7pm Cutty Sark: Afterworker, down the river and home before dark. 10 miles or so
Saturday 25 August: Essex explore. First time to Brightlingsea, a small and isolated town surrounded by marshy bits. Meet 10am Liverpool Street station. 40 slow flat exploring miles.
Sunday 26 August: 10am Cutty Sark: Rainham Marshes: down to the Dartford Bridge and over. Quickish road ride and explore.
Wednesday 29 August: 7pm Cutty Sark. Afterworker: home before dark.
Friday 31 August: 6pm South Bank under Waterloo Bridge: central London Critical Mass. Bit political.
September
Saturday 1st September: Brighton revisited. Greenwich Cutty Sark Gardens at 10.00hrs. Lewisham Library at 10.30hrs. Then to Brighton pier, to arrive 1800-19.00hrs, 56 miles from Greenwich.
Sunday 2 September: kids family ride. 5 very easy miles, no roads at all. Meet 2.30pm North Greenwich tube station.
Sunday 2 September: Richmond Green to Windsor. We join the Bike Events charity ride to Windsor. 50 flat well-signed and stewarded rural miles. There’s a £10 registration fee at the official start and music, food and a fair at the end. Meet Cutty Sark at 8am and ride the busy roads, or meet us there at 9.30am.
Train, or ride, back at end.
Wednesday 5 September: 7.30pm: monthly meeting. As 1 August.
Saturday 8 September: 9.30am: London Bridge station. Dungeness and the Romney Marshes. 40 very flat miles and wonderful landscapes.
Sunday 9 September: Lewisham Cyclists ride to Biggin Hill. 30 undulating miles. Meet 9.30am Cutty Sark or 10am Lewisham Library.
Tuesday 11 September: maintenance classes start for this and next 3 Tuesdays. Sorry, sold out. Join the waiting list.
Wednesday 12 September: maintenance classes for htis and next 3 Wednesdays. Sold out. Join the waiting list.
Wednesday 12 September: Afterworker. 7pm Cutty Sark. 10 gentle miles.
Saturday 15 September: Whitstable. Meet 10am Cutty Sark for 60 wonderful miles and Rochester lunch. Meet us in Rochester by Mr Tope’s cafe (50 metres from cathedral) and get your bike watered. Train home or stay over for
Sunday 16 September: 11am Whitstable Harbour for the 60 mile 12 resort ride to Dover. Loads of beach culture and varied landscapes.
Monday 17 September: Afterworker: 7pm Cutty Sark: the Thames Path round the Dome at last opens today. Let's be among the first to ride it. A flat and gentle couple of miles
Saturday 22 September: 9am CSG: there all day for Car Free Day
Sunday 23 September: 9am CSG: road ride to Crayford to meet Rome to St Pauls riders and guide them into London and St Pauls at 2pm. 30 miles in all.
Wednesday 26 September: 7pm CSG: flat slow Afterworker somewhere local.
Friday 28 September: 6pm National Film Theatre, South Bank: Critical Mass (bit political)
Saturday 29 September: 10am CSG: Greenwich Thames Path Ride...all 9 miles of Greenwich riverside. A gentle explore
Sunday 30 September: 10am: Locks, docks and one smoking ferry: 10, 20 and 30 mile options on this exporer.
October
Wednesday 3 October: our monthly meeting, open to all. 7.30-9pm at Greenwich Forum, 177 Trafalgar Road.
Saturday 6 October: 10am CSG: Chislehurst Caves. 20 miles in all. Or train back.
Sunday 7 October: 9am CSG and 10am at Herne Hill Velodrome. The Mosquito Bikes charity Ride of the Falling Leaves. A very hilly challenge of 45 or 70 miles. £12 entry fee.
Saturday 13 October: 10am CSG: Docklands explore. 10 and 30 miles options.
Sunday 14 October: The Essex Delta. Ride Cancelled
Friday 26 October: 6pm National Film Theatre. Critical Mass (bit political).
Saturday 27 October: 11am CSG then ride to London Cycling Campaign’s AGM. 020 7928 7220 to register.
Sunday 27 October: 10am CSG: roads to South Bank then slow river ride to Richmond. 30 miles return.
November
See under 7 November for full contact details. all our rides and meetings are open to all and free of charge...just turn up.
Saturday 3 November: 11am Cutty Sark for ride to Herne Hill velodrome and chance to try their track bikes
Sunday 4 November: 10am Liverpool Street station. Essex delta explore. 40 gentle miles.
Wednesday 7 November: monthly meeting. 7.30pm
Saturday 10 November: 10am Cutty Sark. Locks, docks and one smoking ferry: docklands explore. 15 and 30 mile options.
Sunday 11 November: 10am Cutty Sark. Darwin ride to Down House. 30 mile round trip.
Wednesday 14: 7pm Time to Listen Greenwich Council meeting. Bikes prominent. Queen Anne Court, Greenwich University, RNC site
Saturday 17 November: 10am Cutty Sark: Gravesend and over. Flat river explore. 30 miles
Saturday 24 November: 9am Cutty Sark. 60 miles to Whitstable. Or train it to Rochester and meet us for the prettiest 30 miles. Then train back or stay over and
Sunday 25 November: 11am Whitstable Harbour. 55 beachey miles to Dover. Train back.
Friday 30 November: 6pm National Film Theatre, South Bank: central London Critical Mass
December
Saturday 1 December: 10am Cutty Sark: Thames path to ferry and over. Exploring Beckton's Greenway. 20 mile circle
Sunday 2 December: 10am Liverpool Street station: Southend, the pier, the marshes. 40 flat gentle miles.
Wednesday 5 December: monthly meeting. 7.30-9pm, The Forum @ Greenwich, 177 Trafalgar Road, SE10
Saturday 8 December: 9am Cutty Sark. 50 miles to Brighton. Train back.
Sunday 9 December: 10am Cutty Sark for the famous Locks, docks and one smoking ferry slow docklands explore. 10, 20 or 30 mile option
Sunday 16 December: 10am Cutty Sark: Culture ride. Slowly up the Thames Path for look round Southwark Cathedral, coffee at the Tate Modern, then on to the South Bank then the British Museum's Great Court. And back.
Wednesday 19 December: our Christmas Party. 8pm on, the Admiral Hardy. See separate mention
Friday 21 December: Winter solstice shortest day Afterworker: meet Cutty Sark at 6.30pm for a very short riverside ride east to somewhere warm.
Sunday 23 December: 9am (yes) Cutty Sark. Lunch in Rochester. And back. Quickish 40 mile round trip. Or do half and train it either way.
Monday 24 December: 10am Cutty Sark: we'll fit the ride to whoever turns up
Tuesday 25 December: meet 11am Cutty Sark for slow central London all-day explore. (Or 9am pre-meet Southwark Cathedral for carols).
Friday 28 December: 6pm National Film Theatre. Critical Mass (bit political)
Saturday 29 December: 10am London Bridge. Dungeness ride. 50 flat ones in amazing landscapes