On Saturday 12 September the Fletcher family, aged five to “no longer counting”, cycled around our local villages visiting as many local churches as we can, in order to raise money for our small ancient church – opposite our house in Upton – and the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust. We cycled 21 miles in total in a figure of eight – coming back to Upton for lunch – and visited the churches in Upton, Chilton, Harwell, Didcot in the morning, and then Blewbury, Aston Tirrold, Aston Upthorpe, South Moreton, and East Hagbourne in the afternoon. The route was a mix of download tracks, minor roads and very grassy bridleways across the fields between the villages. We were very grateful for the generous sponsorship from the village and Kathryn’s colleagues, and raised about £250 (including GiftAid) in total. Thank you all our sponsors.
Pictures of the route we cycled and of each of the 16 churches we visited can be seen on: http://www.sine-nomine.co.uk/album/index.html