Your Bike in front of a Church

[Blue Hills]

All Hallows, Great Mitton, Lancs.

Apologies for not showing the entire exterior, particularly as it's Grade 1 listed.

In churchyard, Grade 2, listed 14th century cross head - base is 19th century addition:

One of the church's highlights is the Shireburn Chapel with some impressive carved memorial figures:

The human mind is an amazing thing - I only visited this place pretty recently (thanks to a bike of course) but when I was there looking at the figures remembered that an esteemed primary school teacher had told us how impressive they were. Pretty sure that then I didn't really know where Great Mitton was. Gawd knows why that had stuck in the recesses of my mind when I have trouble remembering where I've left my phone.

Nice cosy interior - autolight on a timer and you can switch other lights on - ColinJ knows that in addition to its historic interest I always valued this place for a fine toilet, part of a global toilet twinning scheme, but I couldn't get at it on my most recent trip. I think it must be upstairs in the meazzanine added at the rear and that appeared to be locked.

 

[biggs682]

Great Doddington United reformed church this morning

 

[uphillstruggler]

2nd time in 6 months

Wells cathedral in late afternoon sunlight. I’m still taken by the scale of this place, this was taken on my ride from Zeal(to collect the Z for the ABC challenge) to cheddar

Whilst there, a lady approached and chatted about my bike and the tyres, her husband came over to chat about his genesis equilibrium 10, same year and whether he could fit the same tyres

 

[biggs682]

2nd time in 6 months

Wells cathedral in late afternoon sunlight. I’m still taken by the scale of this place, this was taken on my ride from Zeal(to collect the Z for the ABC challenge) to cheddar

Whilst there, a lady approached and chatted about my bike and the tyres, her husband came over to chat about his genesis equilibrium 10, same year and whether he could fit the same tyres View attachment 499611

Not been to Wells cathedral since my early teens ie 40 years

 

[biggs682]

St Leonard's in Hardwick

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not been to Wells cathedral since my early teens ie 40 years

I never went there, despite living in Taunton for five years as a teen and buying my first 'real' bike there, which I still use for touring today.
I wish I'd discovered touring back then: I'd have seen a lot more of the UK before I left.

 

[IaninSheffield]

A pootle round a few hills in Dernyshire brought me across:

St Lawrence's, Eyam

St Anne's, Baslow

and All Saints', Hassop.

 

[EltonFrog]

The Scorpio outside my village church today.

 

[Andy in Germany]

'My bike in front of the Stiftskirche in Tübingen, south Germany. New Years Day 2020.

 

[Blue Hills]

I never went there, despite living in Taunton for five years as a teen and buying my first 'real' bike there, which I still use for touring today.
I wish I'd discovered touring back then: I'd have seen a lot more of the UK before I left.

Nothing to stop you making up for lost time though?

 

[Blue Hills]

The Scorpio outside my village church today.
View attachment 499706

Where?

 

[Grant Fondo]

2nd time in 6 months

Wells cathedral in late afternoon sunlight. I’m still taken by the scale of this place, this was taken on my ride from Zeal(to collect the Z for the ABC challenge) to cheddar

Whilst there, a lady approached and chatted about my bike and the tyres, her husband came over to chat about his genesis equilibrium 10, same year and whether he could fit the same tyres View attachment 499611

An architectural masterpiece! Wells and Salisbury knock it out of the park

 

[EltonFrog]

Where?

Upton, Oxfordshire.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Nothing to stop you making up for lost time though?

Only Geography.

 

[biggs682]

St Mary's Church Little Harrowden