Ride and Stride takes place on the second Saturday of September, every year. Eight Abingdon churches and 650 Oxfordshire churches participated this year.

Participants cycle, walk, use mobility scooters, and other methods to get between churches, and sign in along the way. They can create their own routes, or use the Ride and Stride website to create a route plan round their selected churches.

Participants are often sponsored. The money raised is split between their church and the Oxfordshire Churches Trusts, which funds church repairs and renovations.

Trinity Church welcomed visitors from Abingdon, Cholsey, Culham, Cumnor, Drayton, Oxford, Radley, Upton, Wallingford and West Hendred. The Upton visitor was an 86-year-old gentleman who cycled. He plays the organ – a much sought after skill these days.

Two regular riders and striders from St Nicolas Church enjoyed the refreshments at Trinity, and raised a cup of squash to wish blog readers a good day when I said I would put this on the Blog.