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Maggie's Bike Ride 2011

Sheila Strutt is raising money for Suffolk Historic Churches Trust
“Maggie Strutt's fundraising”

on 12 September 2011

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The Suffolk Historic Churches Trust was founded in 1974, and makes grants to historic churches and chapels of all denominations towards repair and restoration costs.

Story

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">Sorry folks, but we did it! &nbsp;The forecast was awful and we thought we'd probably duck out at the last minute and have to return all your generous donations, but with gleeful and self-satisfied apologies we clocked up 19 churches in about 19 meandering miles. Apart from a few Heavenly drops for a few minutes right at the end, we stayed dry, and with very little beating to windward staggered with jelly legs into our home church, Carlton, just before it closed.&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">We avoided the ford at Benhall this time, having gone overboard in it last year, so we started with a lift to Framlingham (6 churches there, easy-peasy), then trundled to Cransford, Bruisyard, Rendham (pub lunch, excellent Victoria bitter), Sweffling, Great Glemham (to find the landlord had done a runner and the pub was closed), Farnham, Benhall, Saxmundham, Kelsale and Carlton. &nbsp;You can see our route on&nbsp;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&amp;amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;amp;msid=203081473202961865932.0004acb079e8e33a73f00"><span class="s1">http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=203081473202961865932.0004acb079e8e33a73f00</span></a>&nbsp;- with hindsight it looks more like a drunken stagger than a meander!</p> <p class="p2">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. Half of what I raise goes to Carlton Church - that lovely little church in a cornfield, which has no electricity but oodles of peace.&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p class="p1">So please dig deep and donate now. &nbsp;Latest date for donations is 12th October.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£395.50
+ £61.75 Gift Aid
Online
£277.00
Offline
£118.50

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