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Ride and Stride 2024 – Saturday 14 September

Support Ride+Stride 2024
by Nick Perry

The annual Ride+Stride for Churches event takes place between 10 am and 6 pm on Saturday 14th September, when participants will raise sponsorship by walking, cycling, and riding horses, tractors, etc to visit churches across the country. Details of this national event can be found at ridestride.org.

In Notts, the event is organised by Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust (NHCT), and churches are urged to take part in some way. Many churches are open to visitors on the day, some providing refreshments and ‘comfort stops’ for participants. We expect that all of the churches in our parish (including the ruined church of St Mary) will be taking part in the event. Participating churches can receive 50% of the sponsorship raised by riders/striders who nominate them, and the other 50% is used by the Trust to support churches with grants for repair and restoration.

If you would like to take part please contact the Ride+Stride Administrator for Notts, Margaret Lowe, on 07757 800 919 or ml.info.nhct@gmail.com, or go to the Trust’s website for more information. 

Over the last five years, I have visited an average of 43 churches on the day.

2020 – 52 churches in 8 hours!

In 2023, having visited 30 churches in the Retford area (they seem to more spread out oop north!), I was honoured to be awarded a £75 prize (for my church!) for having amassed the most ‘points’ (church visits are allocated differing points values) of all Nottinghamshire participants (for the third year running) and also raised the fourth highest sponsorship (£865).

You can read my report of the 2023 ride here.

This year, I plan to take part again but am hoping to visit churches on the western side of the county – the one part I haven’t explored in previous years.

I would very much value your support in the venture, either through prayer or sponsorship. There are a number of ways you can pledge sponsorship:

  • Fill in my ‘physical’ sponsor form if you see me around
  • Visit my JustGiving page to make an online donation
  • Contact me using my details on the Who’s Who page

Charity donations, including to NHCT and individual churches, are only slowly recovering after the Covid-19 pandemic, so any help you can give would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Nick