Your Bike in front of a Church

[briantrumpet]

The tiny tower of Willand church. It appears not to have been knocked about by the Victorians as much as some, being mostly 15th/16th century. I'm not sure the proportions are entirely convincing (the west window looks like it's been taken from a rather larger edifice), but I still rather like it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

St Thomas a Becket on Romney Marsh
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Thats a blast from the past, I haven't been on Romney Marsh for about forty years. Is the miniature railway still running?

 

[ianrauk]

Thats a blast from the past, I haven't been on Romney Marsh for about forty years. Is the miniature railway still running?

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. It sure is. Very popular it us too.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. It sure is. Very popular it us too.

I have fond childhood memories of trips on the light railway, including one of a family trip from Folkestone to Dymchurch in the early sixties, the family went by bus and the light railway, me and my Dad went on his Lambretta and then Dad ran a ferry service from the station to the beach, including a lift on his scooter for my Nan, who must have been in her seventies or eighties.

 

[Jenkins]

St. Peter's church in Levington this afternoon

 

[Jenkins]

Another afternoon, another bike & another church - this time the Baptist Church in Whepstead

 

[briantrumpet]

St. Peter's church in Levington this afternoon
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Oi, why no tower?

 

[Vantage]

Parish of St Peters in Belmont village. I woulda taken a better pic but the bike had already been blown over once getting a shot so I hurried.

 

[Jenkins]

Oi, why no tower?

Better? (From today's ride)

 

[briantrumpet]

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Better? (From today's ride)

Yes! Thank you. As a bell ringer (lapsed), I tend to look at towers first. Also, around these parts, they tend to be the only parts not knocked about too much by Victorian 'restorers'.

 

[Jenkins]

As a bell ringer (lapsed), I tend to look at towers first.

In that case, you're not going to like the two from today's ride
The first may not count though, as it's Sotterley Chapel

The second is St. Mary's church in Uggeshall, not much of a tower, but it does have a thatched roof

 

[briantrumpet]

In that case, you're not going to like the two from today's ride
The first may not count though, as it's Sotterley Chapel
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The second is St. Mary's church in Uggeshall, not much of a tower, but it does have a thatched roof
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At least you didn't chop anything off!

The second one is somewhat unusual!

 

[Low Gear Guy]

Outside St. Martha's, Guildford.

 

[briantrumpet]

Wasn't sure whether to go for church or gate. Church won. Powderham. Now you know the routine, you'll recognise the Victorian replacement window in the 15th-century tower.

 

[biggs682]

St Mary Magdalene church in the parish of Piddington and Horton