A decent crowd for a dark and wet evening of about five to six hundred assembled on the south bank, and left at 19:30.

Within thirty seconds of the ride leaving, the heavens opened up, and a quarter of the ride sheltered under Waterloo bridge on Belvedere Road, with the remainder stuck back in front of the BFI. After a ten to fifteen minute wait, the rain stopped and the two blocs recombined.

The ride headed south towards Elephant & Castle, then the New Kent Road, over the flyover at the Bricklayers Arms roundabout, and then the Old Kent Road heading towards New Cross.

As the ride passed by the Fire Station and the north end of the Burgess Park extension, the rain started coming down even heavier than before, causing riders to stop and seek shelter. The rain was relentless and coming in waves with the wind, soaking everyone to the skin. This was not on any forecast for the evening so many people did not have waterproofs. Similarly people had brought their sound systems out in the rain.

About 75-80% of the riders went home at this point, after the rain did not appear to be easing off. After twenty minutes of sheltering, it did ease up. A remainder of about a hundred stragglers went to the arches and skate park next to Hop Kingdom, and then to the Leake Street tunnels, for a drink and a dance. But this was the shortest CM ride for years with the dire weather.