BCP’s Annual Picnic will be held on Sunday, May 31st, between noon and 3:00 p.m. The location is Blue Bell Park, right by the traffic circle at Walnut Lane & Park Line Drive in Wissahickon/Mount Airy. (The Park’s address is 842 West Walnut Lane, but your GPS may have trouble finding the entrance; more detailed directions are set forth below). We’ve reserved the pavilion there, so we will have a covered place in case of inclement weather. Everyone is welcome, including children. It will be a big BBQ, with picnic fare (various kinds of burgers, sausages, salads, chips, desserts, etc.). There are several club rides that will stop there, so you can both ride and attend the picnic that day.
Come see old friends and make new ones.
You can attend the picnic without signing up, but we would appreciate it if you do so. That will give us an idea of how many people plan to attend and therefore how much food to buy.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you like to bake, please volunteer to bake cookies or small cakes (for example, zucchini bread). That way, we’ll have great desserts. If you intend to bake something, please let me know several days beforehand, so that (a) we don’t have too many of the same thing (for example, chocolate chip cookies), and (b) we don’t end up with too much dessert (I don’t like people volunteering to bake and then their cookies/cakes aren’t even eaten). Please contact if you want to bake something.
We could still use a few volunteers to help out during the Picnic. If you’re willing and able, please contact me ASAP.
If you’re driving there, please bring some folding chairs. If you mark them with your name (suggestion: write your name on tape and affix it to the chair backs), that will make things easier when we are cleaning up.
The weather There is no rain date (because we reserved the location just for that date). But the event will occur unless the forecast is very bad. If we decide to cancel the picnic, we’ll send a notice on Saturday by email to our members and the Listserve. Please note that we have reserved the covered pavilion at the park, so even if it sprinkles, you’ll be under cover.
The Rides
- 9:45 am NEW START TIME: Not So Early Bird Ride to BCP Picnic Preceded by Coffee in Ambler (ad-hoc ride)
Assemble at 9:45. Depart at 9:50 SHARP! Ride through East Fairmount Park, East Falls, Wyncote, and Flourtown to Wake in Ambler (at mile 22 or so) for 35-minute coffee stop (it’s all about the cof...
View Ride - 12:00 pm Sunny Sunday D Ride to the BCP Picnic at Blue Bell Park
Casual paced ride through Fairmount Park and beyond for those new to group riding, returning to riding after a layoff, or just want a relaxing ride without racing through the streets of Philadelphia. ...
View Ride - 12:15 pm Sunny Sunday C Spin-Off - To The Picnic
A true C ride, which cheerfully waits to regroup. Usually 25-35 miles with a lunch or snack stop. Some climbing is required. This week a slightly shorter ride with our stop at the BCP Picnic.
View Ride
RIDE LEADERS NEEDED: If you would like to lead a group ride to and from the Picnic, THANK YOU for leading a ride! Please post your ride on the Calendar. Chuck will be coordinating the Ride Schedule.
Directions: From Henry Avenue, go north on Walnut Lane. Bear right at the traffic circle. The entrance to the park is about 100 feet past the circle, on the right. There is a sign by the entrance. There are parking spaces inside the park, but if the lot is filled, go back and park on Walnut Lane. The picnic is in/at a covered pavilion just past the end of the parking lot.