Spa cycles tourer leaning against a cafe table. Bright orange Ortlieb panniers on the rear. Bright sunshine.
Fifteen rural miles for work today, and the weather is a mixed bag. Loaded the panniers up with rain gear and headed out. Holy Communion and a pastoral visit. Bicycles are the best way to travel short distances and the health benefits are awesome. Also: the fuel tastes great. Cake!
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Cyclist in a cloth cap, stood outside in St John's Chapel. Bicycle in the background.
Full face Arai motorcycle helmet being written by a man in a striped jumper.
Cycling headwear vs Motorcycling headwear...
...one makes me look cheerfully approachable, the other makes me look like an angry hooligan. They don't sell this stuff at clergy vestment fairs.
#BloodyCyclists #ClergyWhoCycle
Wider tyres, disc brakes, full suspension... keeping it real with a steel frame. I only needed an engine because the kerb weight is 200kg...
#NewBikeDay #ClergyWhoCycle
Blue skies with little fluffy clouds. A green field.
April skies. Audax version.
I reckon the Jesus and Mary Chain would have written very different songs if they'd been cyclists. Pastry stop 🤗
#jamc #ClergyWhoCycle #AprilSkies #Audax.
Crossing from Teesdale to Weardale at St John's Chapel. One of England's highest paved roads. Moorland and blue skies.
A local loop on my bicycle.
Now, Graeme, chew your food...
#EyesBiggerThanStomach
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St Thomas Church, Cowshill. A stone church building in the sunshine surrounded by bunting blowing in the wind.
What a gorgeous day for a bicycle ride. Frosterley to Cowshill for the church's 'Easter Fair'. Coffee + bacon roll for £2.50. Home again with a tailwind.
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Clear skies, a road without too much traffic. A bicycle propped against an aluminium table and chairs outside a cafe
Another glorious morning for prayer: 4km roll from Frosterley to Stanhope. Flat white. Prayer. Thanks be too God.
#ClergyWhoCycle #PrayerInPublicSpaces
A hand drawn map of Upper Weardale in County Durham, noting the road, river and churches.
Map of Upper Weardale Benefice
...my new #ClergyWhoCycle territory.
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Get ready to roll: Bike Month is almost here! 🚲✨
I've joined the Bike Month Challenge for a full month of pedal-powered fun where every ride counts. Anyone else? Whether you’re commuting to work, cruising to the park, or looping around your neighbourhood. #ClergyWhoCycle
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I love this interview @sgoodyear.bsky.social ...
I just had a meeting about the Church of England's response to poverty and social justice. I wish active travel was higher on the Church's agenda: access to active travel is a social justice issue:
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A bicycle in the middle of nowhere next to a sign that reads 'Welcome to Teesdale' and 'Thank you for visiting Weardale'.
Moorland. Snow poles beside a remote road across nowhere.
I've now cycled to the four compass boundaries of this 100 sq mile Benefice. Wilderness moments: 'make straight the paths'... praying for everyone for whom I have the care of souls. #ClergyWhoCycle
As #ClergyWhoCycle I'm interested to learn about the particular risks facing vulnerable road users on rural roads. It is encouraging to see that NFU Mutual and British Cycling have jointly shared their insights
@nfudc.bsky.social
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Crawleyside bank out of Stanhope, as seen from Catterick moss. A long road climbing a big hill.
The North Pennines... Crawleyside: a place familiar to everyone who has ridden the classic C2C.
@cyclinguk.bsky.social this is my new patch... pass through here on a bicycle and I'll be holding you in my prayers. 😇🚵
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Coffee Morning sign next to a defibrillator outside a stone building.
A crowded cafe in a village hall.
There is a community cafe at the Village Hall in Cowshill, Upper Weardale. It is hugely well attended and run by an amazing team of local volunteers - creating companionship around food. 🥰
#DioceseOfDurham @churchofengland.org
I cycled up there (earning my bacon butty).
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Sunshine on the moorland tops above Frosterley. A track leads across the moors.
Snow covered track and the handlebars of a bicycle being pushed.
Cyclist in the cycling equivalent of a Barbour: a Caradice rain cape. Smiling. Cycling along a gravel track. Snow poles in the distance.
A gravel track winds across remote moorland. Snow poles line the route.
I'm going to need better walking boots to cycle round here...
...up Intake Lane to the Trig-point, then down Crawleyside. Basically a romp across the moors in bog and snow. #Adventure #ClergyWhoCycle
Champagne cycling cap next to a cup of coffee on a table with a glass top.
Bicycle leaning against an outdoor cafe table with a cafe behind. The cafe is painted blue with gold lettering. "Cafe 1909".
A selection of cakes behind a glass counter.
The coffee menu! Gold lettering on a pale blue background.
Now then.
#PrayerInPublicSpaces with a Flat White in Stanhope (the largest geographical civic parish in England).
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Elevation profile for ride. 26km uphill from 200m to 650m, then the same but downhill.
I lift my eyes to the hills and ask,
"Oh God, how am I supposed to get up that!?!"
#Psalm121
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Smiling man in casquette and hi-viz jacket, selfie, in front of a brown sign that welcomes visitors to Weardale and a bicycle is leaning against the sign.
A road snakes uphill through remote moorland
In the middle of nowhere, a sign reads, "Welcome to Cumbria"
Another sign in the middle of nowhere, with a bicycle leaning against it. "County Durham" "Land of Prince Bishops" "Weardale"
First bicycle ride in the new parish... 26km each way: to the parish boundary and back. It is beautiful here: Weardale in County Durham. Looking forward to taking my film camera next time.
#ClergyWhoCycle
"...and a sword shall pierce your own tyres too"
#GoodNewsBadNews #AngelicProphecy #ClergyWhoCycle
Currently working hard: a cycle of prayer around the Benefice of Marsden and Slaithwaite.
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The parable of the good taxi driver. A creative rewrite of one of Jesus parables - prompted by fascist plundering of Christian language and symbols. #ClergyWhoCycle
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Marsden Lane ought to warm me up...
West Yorkshire Cycle Route
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Dry stone wall covered in lush moss beside a dirt track
MTB bicycle leaning against a mossy dry stone wall on a muddy track.
I love a bit of muddy mossy ministry to remote deeply rural places. #ClergyWhoCycle
Including Chesterton's 'Father Brown'? I imagine that #ClergyWhoCycle is an ecumenical matter, but I can't recall seeing Father Ted on one.
A depressing one for those of us #ClergyWhoCycle
#clergywhocycle avant le lettre...
A peril limited to the #clergywhocycle subset: the cleats you put in your clippy shoes are not the same as the studs you put in your clerical collars.
Por ejemplo:
There is #clergywhocycle for just this
