ABC of the Saints

[All uphill]

My other bike in front of Saint Nicholas church, Corfe, Somerset today.

I've not made progress with O yet; my best idea, so far, is to take a photo in front of a big green truck. Eddie St Obart.

 

[Juan Kog]

My other bike in front of Saint Nicholas church, Corfe, Somerset today.

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I've not made progress with O yet; my best idea, so far, is to take a photo in front of a big green truck. Eddie St Obart.

You could visit St Ockwell in South London.
EDIT . I didn’t know there was a Corfe in Somerset, do people visit there looking for the castle .

 

[All uphill]

You could visit St Ockwell in South London.
EDIT . I didn’t know there was a Corfe in Somerset, do people visit there looking for the castle .

I could have visited St Osyth on my way to Harwich a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Alex321]

I started off with churches, but that proved too difficult, so I've also found street names, a pub, a clinic, a well & a school; if I remember correctly. I still need Q, U, X, Y & Z. I have found a Q, but it's a 100 mile round trip

I've only just seen this thread, I think I'll have a go at it.

Q is fine for me, there is a St Quentin's Castle about 3 miles from home

Slightly trickier for me are going to be E, K, and probably some late alphabet ones. I do know where there is an E, but it is the far side of Cardiff. Not a silly distance, but also not really a particularly enjoyable ride.

 

[BoldonLad]

"R" today, St Robert of Newminster (Washington, Tyne Wear). Could not find a Church dedicated to a St R... within cycling distance, so, a sixth form college will have to do, for now.

 

[BoldonLad]

A rather dilapidated St Simon's Church, South Shields. I have not been here since I was 11! (I am now 75).

I have a "T" picked out, but, I suspect an impasse is pending, with "U"

 

[Tenkaykev]

You could visit St Ockwell in South London.
EDIT . I didn’t know there was a Corfe in Somerset, do people visit there looking for the castle .

Our 5 year old Granddaughter had a school trip to Corfe Castle a couple of weeks ago. The children did a presentation about the various occupations people had at that time, to the parents a week after their visit ( We had to sit in the childrens size school chairs, painful trying to get back up out of them! ) Our grandaughter's role was a " Gong Farmer ". They were the people who'se job was to empty the latrines 😁

 

[Alex321]

Here's my first entry. A bit of a cheat, as although the village is called Saint Athan in English, it is Sain Tathan in Welsh, and the saint was actually St Tathan.

 

[Alex321]

My second entry - St Bridget's Church (in St Brides Major). I took the photo of the village sign first, in case the church wasn't a St B.

 

[Alex321]

My third entry(C).
St Canna's church in Llangan

 

[All uphill]

Here's my placeholder for an O.

Over St. Owey, Somerset. Called Over Stowey by everyone but me.

And the church

 

[Alex321]

Here's my placeholder for an O.

Over St. Owey, Somerset. Called Over Stowey by everyone but me.

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And the church

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Looking ahead, the only one I can see for K is a street name. Apart from that, I can get everything up to P, but can't see anything after T.

 

[All uphill]

Looking ahead, the only one I can see for K is a street name. Apart from that, I can get everything up to P, but can't see anything after T.

There's a St Katherine's school in Pill near the Severn Bridge if that helps.

 

[Alex321]

Yeah, I'd seen that, but too far for me to cycle at the moment. There is a St Kitts Road in Port Talbot. But D is my next one at the moment anyhow (easy).

 

[bluenotebob]

There is a St Kitts Road in Port Talbot.

Oh, good - street names are permitted.

I was on the point of completely giving up on 'H' until a friend emailed me the other night to say that she'd found a Rue Saint-Hubert in a village not too far away.

I should have started this ABC last week when I cycled over to what I thought was la Chapelle de Saint-Anne near Mauron .. only to discover that it was the Chapelle de Beuve. So much for the French version of Wikipedia..

I do have several 'A's lined-up - but none are close - and I'm waiting for the temperature to drop before going for a long ride and finally getting under way.

I still haven't found an 'I', a 'K' or a 'Q' (or a 'W', 'X' or 'Z') but I've got plenty of options for 'U', 'V' and 'Y' ... anyone want to swap...?