Bikes and... wait for it, wait for it, Churches!

[legrandefromage]

Two very old churches near me

Fleet with a separate bell tower which I've never seen before (plus a religious relic of the holy portaloo) and the very wonky, almost cathedral sized, church at Gedney

 

[non-fixie]

St. John the Baptist Church in Kudelstaart (NL) this morning. They were open for business:

 

[GLB]

St James, Cooling on the edge of the North Kent marshes, Dickens country.

With my circa 1990 Ken Bird, documented on this forum somewhere back when I was a much more active member, and still in regular summer use.

This is the churchyard where Pip meets the convict Magwitch in the opening chapter of Great Expectations. Dickens lived a few miles away at Gads Hill Place, Higham.

I lived in the area for 20 years in the 1970s to 90s and by chance my stepdaughter moved there a couple of years ago and I usually take a bicycle when we visit. The Ken Bird remembers its way around still, but they've made all the hills a bit steeper and longer since I left.