Good job, Thorners

I may be teaching you to suck eggs here but when you're going around the park, the first thing to do is to get comfortable with your brakes and stopping. That will give you the confidence to know how fast you can stop if you need to.

Then at a reasonable speed (enough that you're not wobbling - the slower you go, the more you'll wobble), practice your steering and see how light a touch you need to move slightly. You can practice cornering on the 'triangles' at the Dulwich Common gates.

This is a good time to practice doing lifesaver checks too - glance over your right shoulder and check what is behind you while staying in a straight line or before you practice sharper turns steering! That really is a lifesaver when on the roads.

Then practice taking one hand off the handlebars as if about to signal while still steering.

Then it's a case of just getting used to your bike - changing up and down gears so that you can do that as second nature. Remember to change down as you come to a stop; it will save wear and tear on your chain (and your legs) when you start up again.

Enjoy!