The ride left Southbank at 7.35. A smaller crowd than usual of about 400 riders appeared on the Southbank as the dark kicked in. The ride headed south down Waterloo Road towards St George’s Circus and Elephant and Castle, first of all, stopping repeatedly for people to catch up for perhaps a bit too long at each junction, causing some frustration for riders.

The ride headed down Walworth Road, turning left down Thurlow Street, heading through the Aylesbury Estate and again stopping for a while at the northern side of Burgess Park. The ride then stopped again at the junction of the Old Kent Road getting temporarily lost and misdirected going down Mandela Way, which opened out onto a one-way-only exit onto the Old Kent Road, with barriers impeding progress, forcing the riders to mount the path towards Tower Bridge Road.

The ride then headed north via Bermondsey Street with people filming and… cheering as the ride headed up this narrow street, which was busy with drinkers on a Friday evening. At the northern end of Bermondsey Street, the ride stopped again. Reportedly, a phone was stolen outside London Bridge Station by three phone thieves in Balaclavas.

The ride crossed London Bridge and headed north up Bishopsgate, where three phone thieves in Balaclavas were spotted and turned left along London Wall. three or four city police officers had joined the ride and the phone thieves disappeared.

The ride continued to head west towards New Oxford Street via Holborn and headed all the way to Oxford Circus, turning south down Regent Street after a stop at Oxford Circus, passing through the Christmas lights and ending then at Trafalgar Square after a relatively short two hours duration.