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Ride+Stride is a sponsored event in which people walk or cycle or horse-ride between churches, whilst exploring our wonderful Dorset countryside and enjoying the hospitality of our church communities.

Jean Peck from Blandford Methodist Church took part in this year's event on Saturday 8 September 2018, being sponsored for the Dorset Historic Churches Trust. She is still collecting the sponsorship but has been promised £126.67.

She visited the following churches, some of which some are pictured:

St Martin's Sandford
Wareham Roman Catholic
St Martin's on the Walls
Wareham Methodist
Wareham URC
Wareham Lady St Mary

Lower Blandford St Mary
Bryanston Church
Blandford Roman Catholic
Blandford URC
Blandford Methodist
Blandford Parish Church

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