New Rides for 2010
To remind you, the aim of the rides is to give suggested routes that can be enjoyed by the experienced as well as the occasional cyclist visiting a selection of interesting churches in your area. You can go to as many churches or as few as you wish.
Feilding family ancestors at Monks Kirby
Results of Ride and Stride 2009
80% of churches in the county were open and more than 100 people either ride or stride. For more information look at our February newsletter
Ride and Stride story
An Extract from the Barcheston with Withington
Village News
If
anyone can do it John can! Not everyone can be a
cyclist and sitting a’stride’ to ride a tractor on
the Stride and Ride route was John Peebles way of
raising money for Barcheston Church and the Historic
Churches Trust. John attached a trailer to his
tractor and a host of Peebles’, Llewelyn’s, Weaver’s,
Russon’s, Windebeck’s and Williams’ joined in the
fun. They called at 10 churches, raised plenty of
eyebrows and £270. What a terrific idea this was and
marvellous that doing something that is such fun can
also raise a good sum of money. Well done to everyone
involved!
photo:
Keith Windebank.
Ride and Stride September
Several hundred cyclists took part in 'Ride and Stride' a sponsored bike ride around local churches, it included the Bishop of Coventry -The Rt Revd Dr Christopher Cocksworth ( centre with bike ) pictured here with a group of cyclists including Helen Hide Wright and her children Inca and Louis outside All Saints, Burton Dassett, prior to cycling approx 30 miles and visiting a dozen churches in support of Ride and Stride Warwickshire.
As part of National Churches Trust "Ride and Stride" event , 10,000 churches were specially opened throughout the nation, this included three hundred in the Coventry Diocese.
