ABC of the Saints

[Alex321]

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...?

There are a fair number of I's around here - St Illtyd (or Illtud in Welsh) died in lllantwit Major and a number of churches are dedicated to him (including the one in Llantwit Major which is Llanilltud Fawr in Welsh). For Q I have St Quintin's Castle. But I'm struggling for anything after T.

 

[Alex321]

Got both D and E tonight.
St Donat's in Welsh St Donat's

And St Ellteyrn's in Capel Llanilltern

I have actually posted both of these previously in the Churches thread. I then also passed another D on the way back from St Ellteyrn's - St David's in Groes-Faen.

 

[bluenotebob]

I'm finally up and running .. le Roc St André (between Josselin and Malestroit on the river Oust)

 

[bluenotebob]

And here's a 'B' .. St Brieuc-de-Mauron (between Evriguet and Mauron on the D2)

 

[BoldonLad]

This morning, moved on to "T", St Thomas' Church, Wrekenton, Gateshead, Tyne Wear.

Some difficult ones ahead "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y" and "Z".

 

[All uphill]

My P.

St Peters

A lovely little church built in 1956 as part of the Lyngford council estate in Taunton; good well built family homes and a couple of nice churches.

 

[All uphill]

And Q.

St Quiricus and St Julietta in Tickenham near Nailsea. Theirs is a bit of a gory story.

My longest ride this year and the hottest day.

 

[Alex321]

My F today, on my commute. The church in the village is actually dedicated to St Mary. There is a church for St Fagan, but it is 20 miles away.

 

[Alex321]

G and H tonight
Church of St George in the village of St Georges-Super-Ely

The notice says that servic3es are suspended on health and safety grounds, due to the state of disrepair of the inside of the church.

And St Hilary in the village of the same name. Slightly annoyingly, between those two, I passed the Church of ST Illtyd in Llantrythid.

 

[Alex321]

Another two this afternoon, I and J

St Illtud in Llantwit Major

Followed by St John the Baptist in Llanblethian.

 

[All uphill]

Managed to get my 'R' today.

St Richard of Chichester Catholic Church in Wiveliscombe.

That's my cycling friend fooling around.

 

[All uphill]

A bit of planning and I hoped to get S, T, U and V today in Bristol.

First I took the train to Bristol.

A mile on the bike and I was here.

 

[All uphill]

A refuel in a Greek Cafe and on to my T.

 

[All uphill]

Onwards and very much upwards brought me to St Ursula's school in leafy Redland.

 

[All uphill]

Over the Clifton Suspension Bridge then a long downhill glide through Ashton Court, through the city to the former St Vincent's engineering works but no signs still showing the name.

So, after 2 1/2 years I am looking for a V, having missed I and O on the way.