We have heard from Martin Males from Gt Finborough, with a lovely bit of bike ride history….
“I know from the papers about the Suffolk-wide bike ride’s inception in 1982 that the founders Lady Julia Henniker and Judith Foorde discovered the idea, but there was already a similar bike ride running in the Stowmarket Deanery. It was the Reverend Hugh Wake who started the whole thing off in 1975.
Our challenge is to celebrate the Great Finborough event, staged 50 years on from the first event there, as a precursor of the Suffolk-wide bike ride happening on the same day this year.
At the Finborough start we should have, including ourselves, four cars, a tractor, two horses then all of the cyclists, runners and walkers. The runners, by the way, are planning a route equivalent to the distance of a marathon!”
(On the day….The Finborough Runners managed 27 miles and visited 15 churches. Even the rain showers couldn’t dampen spirits!)
Congratulations to all and thank you for a wonderful idea – and a great drone shot of the celebrations!