You are reading a single comment by @Greenbank and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Greenbank
The cull was still going on on Wednesday although it should be done by the week after.
They start closing the gates at 8pm although there's only one set of blokes doing it so it takes them a while to get round to all 7 gates. They have to flag down and stop anyone they see and tell them to get out.
I think they start at Richmond Gate at 8pm (or maybe Ham) and go clockwise.
The other week I started my third lap passing Roehampton Gate at about 8.05pm (I'd forgotten about the cull). 5 minutes later someone coming down Sawyer's Hill stopped and asked me about the gates saying that Richmond Gate was locked. I didn't see the blokes in the landrover so I assume they were off locking up Sheen Gate.
I carried on round my lap and bumped in to them at the top of Bastard Hill (thankfully not at the bottom). They told me to turn around and go out of Kingston gate. I followed them to Ladderstile gate and went out just before they locked it.