Your Bike in front of a Church

[Andy in Germany]

Inch Presbyterian, a small congregation so a small church with live-in Minister's quarters.

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You'd need a small minister to fit in that house. A Mini minister in fact.

 

[FrothNinja]

You'd need a small minister to fit in that house. A Mini minister in fact.

Yes Mini-ster

 

[tyred]

Another one from yesterday and to show I don't discriminate, here is an RC Church.

 

[All uphill]

Barrington,

St Mary the Virgin in Somerset today.

 

[FrothNinja]

Hurstwood

 

[All uphill]

Fivehead church, Somerset.

Many of the villages around here have grand names, Shepton Beauchamp and Bishop's Lydeard, for example, and then along comes Fivehead. Brilliant name.

 

[Andy in Germany]

St. Vinzentius Catholic Church, Neuershausen, near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

 

[biggs682]

Felmersham church in the background

 

[briantrumpet]

The big one in the middle of Exeter...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Simultan Kirche St. Martin und Maria Biberach an der Riß. According to Wikipedia a Similtaneum is a church used by Catholic and Lutheran Congregations. Apparently there are quite a few around, and they first became popular after the Reformation, so they're an early example of religious toleration.

All this was lost on your correspondent while waiting for an interview in the pishing rain yesterday.

 

[freiston]

I've only just discovered this thread .

Here's a couple of pictures from my archives - both churches that I visit regularly - not for religious purposes - I'm an atheist but I do enjoy churches (as long as there's no ceremony or service going on).

This one is St. Cuthbert's Church, Shustoke, where I sometimes stop for a drink and a snack when on my regular local lanes:

And this one is St. Mary's Church, Oldberrow, where I visit regularly to remember a very close and dear friend who passed away last year. I used to visit the church regularly with him to remember his father, and last century with his father when he was going down memory lane - you can just make out my bike in the shadow:

 

[Oldhippy]

Minster Abbey with a nun in the background. Can't remember the last time I saw a nun. Today obviously but before then.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Minster Abbey with a nun in the background. Can't remember the last time I saw a nun. Today obviously but before then.

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I've worked with a couple of nuns; they tend to be pretty impressive. They could swear like a sailor too.

 

[FrothNinja]

Christ Church (1872), Maryport

 

[Alex321]

St Hilary today