On the 3rd Jim will be travelling to Ireland to start his next prayer journey from.Dunseverick in The North to Mizen Head in the South of The Republic. Follow along here with daily blogs, updates and tracker. Thanks for following […]
Tag: pedalandpray
Wales Day 1 (Day 32)
Well quite a day… left Chepstow at 11.20 this morning after a train from Glouster. Beautiful sunny morning but come the afternoon… i can only assume the farmers were praying and in came the rain.. gallons of it! It seemed […]
Day 31 – north of King Harry Ferry to Lands End
The thing about the green and pleasant land is there’s a reason its green and that usually suggests water.. specifically rain! I didn’t see much rain but many creeks and that meant lots of gravel strewn, leaf covered roads and […]
Day 30 Plymouth to near King Harry Ferry
Bit of a slower start this morning. Good hearty English Breskfast (thanks Mark) followed by some faffing. Eventually got on the road just before 11am and cycled through Plymouth to the Tamar Bridge. Had a brief chat with a chap […]
Day 29 Exmouth to Plymouth
Had a day of rest yesterday and as trains from Exmouth run via Exeter to Barnstaple it was.. “rude not to” So this morning we loaded the van with 5 bikes and 7 people and took the drive back down […]
Day 28 – Dorchester to Exmouth
One word to describe today ‘Hilly’! Was camping last night nr Dorchester but knowing I had some serious miles and serious hills I started packing my stuff at 05.30. I got breakfast, washed up, my tent down and on the […]
Day 27 – New Milton to Dorchester (nearly)
A later start to the day having full English breakfast with my hosts… it would be rude not too! Had a time of worship and then got on the road towards Christchurch through the New Forrest before going for sea […]
Day 26 Arundel to New Forrest
Having arrived at a campsite nr Arundel in the dark it was a pleasant suprise to awake to clear blue skies and sunshine. I continued west through Chichester and Portsmouth. Some cyclists can be so rude… on the trail towards […]
Day 25 Eastbourne to Arundel
I stayed over night with John and Yvonne Presdee in Eastbourne. It was the first time I’d met them.in person having many mutual friends. Before I’d left Devon The Lord had spoken to me and told me I was to […]
Day 24 Hastings to Eastbourne
An easier day today. Stayed over with friends in Hastings last night and then met a leader from the House of Prayer and then cycled up the hill out of Hastings to see Brian and Ruth Mills. Brian has been […]
Day 23 Folkstone to Hastings 70km
Met my hosts last night Jez and Ally and was promptly handed warm banana bread just out the oven.. Today was a 9am start. Had a look around Folkstone and then continued on my ride West.. unfortunately the wind was […]
Day 22 (in motion/ riding) Ashford to Folkstone
Knowing I had a meeting at 8 15 am in Canterbury meant rolling early. Infact I’d not checked the lighting up times and it was lights on as it was most definitely dark! I left Mark and Izzy’s house at […]
Ashford and Preparations start tomorrow Ashford to Canterbury to Dover
Hi Everyone. Been off the bike for a month or so. After the last leg I got home and we had a few things to deal with and We’ve also changed things up regarding the House of Prayer but more […]
Day 16 Sutton Bridge to Norwich
I departed Mark and Rebekha’s at 8.15 and was into lovely back lanes and a headwind! That wasn’t about to abate and lasted all day. I stayed away from main roads as much as possible and dropped into Kingslynn for […]
Day 15 (18th June) Bardney nr Lincoln to Sutton Bridge.
We left the house as a family at 7.15am (ish) to drive to Tiverton Parkway (our closest mainline station) for an 8.40am train. Due to me heading for the east coast via London I had 4 changes and some very […]
Day 14 – Beverley to Bardney (Lincolnshire)
It was already raining by the time I opened the door to walk to the prayer room at King’s Church.. it was going to be wet.. I had prayed it would stop, but I think some farmers must have been […]
Day 13 – The Moor (nr Fyling Dales) to Beverley
So last night’s smiles were slightly put out by the torrential rain that woke me up. Because I’d gone light and not included a tent or tarp in my stuff I was inside my bivi bag zipped upwith the fabric […]
Day 12 Stokesley to The Moor via sleights.
Had a leisurely start after staying over with an old lecturer from College and his wife (Lester and Gwen) Lester is a very accomplished musician and i’d picked up one of about 15 guitars and started to worship Lester joined […]
Day 11 – Sunderland to Stokesley
Not such an early start, my hosts Tim and Carina Lloyd had offered me full English breakfast and it would have been rude not to! So after leisurely start and a lovely time of conversation and then worship I packed […]
Day 10 (part 2)
Alnmouth to Sunderland. 70km.. not bad for an evenings work! I left Devon at 6.40 this morning and drove to the Midlands and left my car at my sisters house. Jumped on a train in her village and headed North.. […]
Saturday 18th May I head North and will be back on the road South. Jim
After I finished day 9 (see blog) I headed home to see the Children and celebrate Mary’s Birthday. I took her for a two night break to see the windmills and tulips nr Amsterdam. Now hone.. I start again on […]
Day 9 Berwick on Tweed to Alnwick (Alnmouth)
Last night I’d camped after a local gave me a heads up on some common land I could use. So some 400m from tesco I found my spot.. I was tired but happy as I’d ridden 110km over some big […]
Day 8 Edinburgh to Berwick on Tweed. 110km
I’d stayed over with Alistair and Anne Barton from Pray for Scotland. Had a lovely time getting to know them and also attended a prayer meeting at the church they attended. Really special praying with such seasoned believers who know […]
Day 7 – Perth to Edinburgh
Slightly more relaxed start.. had rained overnight and started drying out as I started riding. Alistair kindly dropped me off at the garden centre I finished at yesterday. In all honesty leaving the Cairngorns yesterday, I thought things would get […]
Day 6 Braemar to Perth
Camped over in Braemar overnight after some serious uphill yesterday got very wet and cold but fortunately the campsite had a drying room so that made a huge difference to my start this morning. Also had opportunity to share with […]
Day 5 – Granton On Spey to Braemar
A good day if a bit cold and wet.. I said goodbye to Andy, Claire and Flora and headed through Tomintoul towards the Lecht ski area. The church in Tomintoul was open for their Sunday service so I dropped in […]
catching up with friends from Devon and learning about bee keeping.
Also a bit of a prayer assignment regarding the slave trade..
Day 4 Evanton to Granton on Spey
Left friends Ken and Hazel at Kiltearn Guest House and was riding by 8.15. I had no real concept of what route I was to take I was just keen to stay off the A9. Had a few games with […]
Rest Day and visiting Local Church
Was intending to leave Evanton just after lunch but after a great time of worship with a local leader and getting to pray for Church i decided to take the afternoon off and we visited Nigg. A place I’d had […]
Day 3 – Brora to Evanton
Slower start this morning. Had some good chats with campsite manager Ian and other campers heading North too. Still very cold. 3 degrees.. so today was about wardrobe choice.. wear everything or half of it !! Haha. Some good opportunities […]