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I've agreed to step in to lead the annual Southwark Cyclists' ride from Greenwich to the London Stone at Yantley Creek in Kent. In bygone times, several stones marked the city's geographical limits. We'll be riding to the one on the south bank of the downstream Thames.
It's an 80 mile round trip from the start at 9am on 18 June 2011 at Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich. Fairly fast roads to Gravesend then more of a wayfaring feel to the ride to the Stone itself, maybe taking in some unsurfaced tracks. It's estuary country, natural and spoiled in equal measure, wild and strange. Echoes of Conrad seafarers' tales and Wilko Johnson guitar riffs from across the water on Canvey Island. Here's Iain Sinclair.
There is an option for train back from Gravesend for those who find 60 miles is enough for one day.
This is a ride that would have been led by Barry Mason had it not been for his tragic and untimely death last week. More details on the Southwark Cyclists website.
It's not a forum ride per se but I thought that there were those on the forum who might like to come. Should be fun.