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briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
If you want to be sure, you can find the churchwarden's phone number. I gave him a ring, and he opened it up specially for me - obviously I left a donation!! (Well, I always do, but having a private visit definitely merited it even more!)
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
St David's Church ,Exeter, this morning. It's the CAAD9, as it's a slightly dodgy area for thefts, and the Colnago is a bit too precious...
- Location
- London
Can 't be too careful of those clerical types, but were you leaving/locking the bike on the ride? Or is it one of those very dodgy areas/parishes where there is a risk of your bike being snatched from you?
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Unlikely to be snatched from between my legs, but having been in the church for a carol service and one of the students having had her passport and wallet stolen during the carol service (it's an area where there are a lot of druggies), and bike locks get cut, I wasn't going to take the best bike.
At another church in Exeter, we were rehearsing for a concert, and someone actually sneaked in the church and removed a locked bike from inside the church as we rehearsed... wasn't actually chained to anything, but still... there are some proper scrotes around, sadly.
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
The church of St. Peter and memorial lychgate, Woodmansterne.
More information here: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1456995
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp246-250
More information here: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1456995
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp246-250
- Location
- London
credit to geocycle who preceeded me - found his/her post after having a vague recollection that it had already been visited by the cchat swarm.
St Leonards, Chapel le dale.
Over two hundred men women and children who perished from accident and disease building the Settle and Carlisle railway in these parts, the Ribblehead Viaduct and the tunnel under the moor are buried here, the vast majority in unmarked graves I think - ie near enough just dumped.
Until quite recently this was I think the only formal memorial, inside the church
Paid for by The Midland it says but also the poor navvies!
The Settle Carlisle line and Ribblehead are amazing achievements but created at great cost and some of the comments from some railway bosses at the time of their building are truly chilling. I can't remember for sure but I think one of the worst may have been from someone not unconnected with The Midland and quoted in Christian Wolmar's fine book:
https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/bookshelf/fire-and-steam/
Bike against more recent memorial in the graveyard:
Close-up of its plaque:
An interesting pamphlet inside the church tells the story of the railway works coming to this quiet spot, and some of the tales of those who perished.
Finally, as all good atheists know, churches are god's nod to us to drink more espresso to power us home through nature's majesty.
A nice spot with a wonderful cycling road just beyond. Recommended.
St Leonards, Chapel le dale.
Over two hundred men women and children who perished from accident and disease building the Settle and Carlisle railway in these parts, the Ribblehead Viaduct and the tunnel under the moor are buried here, the vast majority in unmarked graves I think - ie near enough just dumped.
Until quite recently this was I think the only formal memorial, inside the church
Paid for by The Midland it says but also the poor navvies!
The Settle Carlisle line and Ribblehead are amazing achievements but created at great cost and some of the comments from some railway bosses at the time of their building are truly chilling. I can't remember for sure but I think one of the worst may have been from someone not unconnected with The Midland and quoted in Christian Wolmar's fine book:
https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/bookshelf/fire-and-steam/
Bike against more recent memorial in the graveyard:
Close-up of its plaque:
An interesting pamphlet inside the church tells the story of the railway works coming to this quiet spot, and some of the tales of those who perished.
Finally, as all good atheists know, churches are god's nod to us to drink more espresso to power us home through nature's majesty.
A nice spot with a wonderful cycling road just beyond. Recommended.
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briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Haha, that chapel makes me laugh at how flagrantly it was designed to show the wealth of the person who 'donated' it... "stick it out the front, and make it as blingy as you can!!"
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Two more round tower churches from today's outing
Firstly St. Margaret's in Syleham
Secondly St. Mary's in Rushall
Firstly St. Margaret's in Syleham
Secondly St. Mary's in Rushall
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
One more from yesterday, St. Peter's in Needham
- Location
- London
I think this can maybe go here, just as relevant as to the "memorial" photo thread I think.
Devil's Arrows name of course applied after their erection, possibly by the new lately arrived churchy bunch.
Near Boroughbridge, right by the side of the road feeding into a major junction. Another of those things you can stop and look at on a bike but not a car. The largest stone, this one I think, is supposed to be larger than any of the upright stones at Stonehenge. The other two appear to be in the middle of a housing development being built over the road.
Devil's Arrows name of course applied after their erection, possibly by the new lately arrived churchy bunch.
Near Boroughbridge, right by the side of the road feeding into a major junction. Another of those things you can stop and look at on a bike but not a car. The largest stone, this one I think, is supposed to be larger than any of the upright stones at Stonehenge. The other two appear to be in the middle of a housing development being built over the road.
