Barking (& Dagenham) Skyride Local circuit

The route  of the Barking & Dagenham Local Skyride has been released - perhaps provisionally. See the map here:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms%3Foe%3DUTF8%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26ie%3DUTF8%26hq%3D%26hnear%3D0x48761d9cb8584b29:0x58b96fc939fbb960,London%2BE10%2B5LP%26gl%3Duk%26hl%3Den%26vps%3D1%26jsv%3D346c%26authuser%3D0%26msa%3D0%26msid%3D210546813079394734054.0004a51ea766968508a4f

We should, I suppose, politely call it the Barking & Dagenham Skyride, but as it extends only as far east as Mayesbrook Park, it could rightly be called tha Barking Skyride

3 feet please

David Love, progenitor of London's Freewheel event (Skyride) has started a new campaign to persuade motorists to leave three feet between their car and cyclists. The idea has provoked debate in cycle campaigning e-mail discussion groups, but it does try to deal with the rather subjective guidance in the Highway Code - leave at least as much space as you would for a car.

http://3feetplease.org.uk

British Cycling's Skyride Local

It is odd to see an organises bike ride advertised as starting in Goodmayes and to find that no-one in Redbridge LCC knows anything about it, but that's just what's happened with two Sunday rides billed as "Essex Ramble", one on 27 September and one on 25 October. Both are marked on the BC website as being full, but it isn't obvious how many people "full" represents.

I've registered with BC and will presumably get e-mails with details of rides, though they haven't asked where I live so it won't be too well tailored, I expect.

I wonder if the rides are pre-existing ones that BC have got involved in, or whether they are events they've organised from the ground up. It would be interesting to know who the local organiser is.

All very odd.