Suffolk Churches 2014
Suffolk Churches 2014
Suffolk Churches 2014
On Saturday 13 September 2014, my old friend and colleague Richard Fawcett and I, ably supported by lucky mascot Nick Barton, undertook the Suffolk historic bike ride - or, as it’s affectionately know to the Twitterati - #RideandStride.
We took photographs as we travelled from Bury St Edmunds, north and then east, and you can see the various images here.
We also recorded our visits. Some of the audio was edited into a series of small audio reports for BBC Radio Suffolk.
You can hear those reports below.
BBC Radio Suffolk Reports:
1: Our retrospective at the end of a 9-hour bike ride
(on air, 14/9/14)
2: Setting off (St Mary’s, St Edmundsbury Cathedral, St John the Evangelist - all in Bury St Edmunds)
(on air 15/9/14)
3: Heading north, then east: St Martin’s, Fornham St Martin; St Andrew’s, Timworth; St Bartholomew’s Ingham)
(on air 16/9/14)
4: Heading east: St Peter’s, Great Livermere; St Mary’s Troston)
(on air 17/9/14)
5: The windmill in Bardwell and the extraordinary Wheeler family
(on air 18/9/14)
6: Our final report, reflecting on the lessons of our 14 church visits
(on air 20/9/14)
Raw Audio Footage:
This is the raw audio - that is, the unedited interviews from our Suffolk Historic Churches bike ride, including some extensive interviews with historian and Suffolk churches expert Clive Paine will be posted here shortly.
These are mostly unedited. They contain irritating errors, such as interference from mobile phones, wind noise, and irritating laugher from Mr Fawcett.
But they also convey a special sense of our wonderful Suffolk churches.
1: St Mary’s Church, Bury St Edmunds:
-Clive 1: Meeting Clive Paine and exploring St Mary’s Church
-Clive 2: some historical features of the church
-Clive 3: discussing the Victorian paintings on the way out of the church
-Clive 4: visiting the Suffolk Regimental Chapel
- Clive 5: a comprehensive overview of the churches we visit:
St Mary’s, Bury St Edmunds; St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds; St John the Evangelist, Bury; St Martin’s, Fornham; St Andrew’s, Timworth; St Bartholomew’s, Ingham; St Peter’s, Ampton; St Peter’s, Great Livermere; St Mary’s, Troston; All Saints, Honington; St Andrew’s, Sapiston; St Peter & St Paul, Bardwell; St Mary’s Pakenham.
2: St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds
Brief discussion.
4: St John the Evangelist, Bury St Edmunds
Brief discussion
5: St Martin’s, Fornham
Discussion inside the church
6: St Bartholomew’s, Ingham
Discussion inside the church
7: St Peter’s, Ampton
Discussion inside the church
8: St Peter’s, Great Livermere
Discussion inside and outside the church
And then we get interference on the recordings which renders them mostly unusable. Apologies.
Sunday, 14 September 2014