Jeez, Kew to VFL Park: that's a fair warmup
After VFL Park I used to try to get on a group going up North Rd. because I always forgot my lights.
One time I rocked up with lights and my plastic Zefal frame pump, and one of the old bastids naturally told me I could race with the stuff on my bike. As you can guess, I forgot it all after the race

, and it wasn't the only time.