York Minster

Ride and Stride for the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust

Published Friday 31st August 2007 by Alix Peacock

Participants from Yorkshire’s three great iconic churches: York Minster, Ripon Cathedral and Selby Abbey will be supporting the region’s local churches by taking part in the annual Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust sponsored walk and cycle ride on Saturday 8th September 2007. This is a sponsored challenge to visit as many churches and chapels in Yorkshire, by foot or bike, in one day.

Participants from these three wonderful churches will be using three very different forms of transport! The Very Revd Keith Jones, Dean of York will walk during the morning and cycle in the afternoon. Dr Richard Shephard, Director of Development at York Minster will be on foot - traveling between churches in York. Dr Shephard has already raised £3500 for the event. Charles Forbes Adam, Chairman of the Selby Abbey Trust will be cycling from Selby to York and back; Tom Ramsden, High Steward of Ripon Cathedral will be riding from Ripon Cathedral to Selby Abbey via York Minster on horseback while other members of the Ripon team will be cycling.

Those who visit Ripon, York and Selby will be able to collect a ceramic medallion, kindly produced by Wade Ceramics, to commemorate the Ride and Stride.

The funds raised from this year’s Ride and Stride will be split between the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust and the church each participant represents. York Minster, Ripon Cathedral and Selby Abbey would like to encourage as many people as possible to become involved in the Ride and Stride. Sponsorship forms are available from each of Yorkshire’s three iconic Churches: for Ripon Cathedral call 01765 603583 or e-mail office@rcdc.fsnet.co.uk; for York Minster call 01904 557245 or e-mail richards@yorkminster.org; and for Selby Abbey call 01653 697320 or e-mail restoreselbyabbey@aol.com.

Image: Participants from York Minster set off on their stride through York.