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Is the cycling in England, particularly in the north, any good? Yes. Trust me, it is amazing! Even when the weather is not so great…
On this short ride out of Morecambe to Heysham I visit an 800-year old chapel called St Patrick’s on a site that was inhabited by people as long ago as a whopping 12,000 years, and that was once known to have Vikings there.
I also pop in to the nearby St. Peter’s Chapel that hosts stained glass windows dating to the 1300s and a Viking-Christian ‘hogback’ burial stone.
I’m not a religious man but this is truly one of my favourite places to visit in the UK, really leaves you with a sense of awe. Both are truly beautiful churches.
(You might say cycling is my religion tho…)
This is part bicycle ride and part historical and cultural trip, hope you enjoy!
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RELIGION AND RUIN COMES TO CRANKPUNK: A SHORT BIKE RIDE TO HEAVEN
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hello there my name is lee rogers this is crank punk rides uh thank you for joining me i’m back in the uk for a little trip to see my family i haven’t been back in about four years due to two years just the normal uh the gap that i normally take and then cover it hit so it’s been four years since i’ve been back take my glasses off and i’ve been back home for now for about two weeks down in london for a week and then back up here in moorcom lancashire which is where my mom now lives and as you can see we’ve got quite a beach out here although some of my australian friends say it’s not officially a beach but it is sandy it goes out for miles over there is grange over sands and just over there you’re getting into the lake district which is one of the most beautiful parts in the world especially when it’s sunny it’s even more beautiful and hopefully i’ll be getting up there for a ride in a few days and i’ll show you a bit of that out over that way is the yorkshire dales another incredible place to ride grace guys up here in north lancaster a very chilly day probably about seven degrees i’m all wrapped up i’m not quite used to this after my time in taiwan but today what i’m gonna do is i’m gonna take you on a little bit of a tour just out and about and around have a look around morocco and uh a couple of those spots where i like to go on my bike so let’s check it out here we are going down the promenade until recently this wasn’t open for cycling cycling wasn’t allowed but it is now it seems nice and wide here’s the bay huge bay this bay is famous because to cross it you need to have an official guide who’s actually employed by the queen because out there there is a lot of quicksand it’s kind of your typical northern seaside town all these used to be probably hotels or you know short stays bars over there and it was very popular from the victorian era on especially with the local working-class people who would come out here and then what happened was with the oven of cheap flights to spain and to europe people started heading to magaluf and tenerife and costa del sol and then the heart kind of went out of these kind of towns but still a nice place to live right by the ocean and some fantastic cycling [Music] do [Music] do [Music] here we are cycling to the picturesque village of hisham the village has a population of about 6500 people and from its center it’s 4.5 kilometers to morcom which lies just to the north hisham has a fascinating history with no little mystery and intrigue surrounding its founding as it dates back to viking times up until 1906 it was a quiet fishing village when a ferry port opened taking people to and from the nearby isle of man great pub there by the way on the left that i just passed called the royal they have some really fantastic beer and the pub itself dates back all the way to the 16th century we’re on our way here up to one of my favorite places not only in the north of england but actually in the whole country this largely unknown spot really sort of encapsulates the uk for me with its outstanding natural beauty and the ancient history that it holds the view here looks westward to the isle of man and ireland beyond that and this is saint patrick’s chapel dating back to the 8th century but research has shown that this site was occupied as long ago as an amazing 12 000 years adding to the wonder of this spot there are these rock cut tombs each stone tomb has a socket that was probably intended for a timber cross the slabs which covered the graves and the contents were removed long ago and here just a little further down the path is saint peter’s chapel this is a working chapel that still holds regular services and the earliest construction dates back to the 14th century it’s a grade one listed building and a beautiful example of its kind it’s amazing the church houses a 10th century viking hogback stone which is covered in carvings of wolves deer and men it appears to be red sandstone and measures over six feet long and a foot wide created it is thought by christian vikings [Music] two of the windows in the chapel date back to the 1300s and i have to say although i’m a non-believer the magnificence of the architecture and everything else in here does have quite an effect [Music] and now it’s back on the bike and on the way to morkum [Music] do [Music] well that was my little ride up around haitian i was actually going to include another route or in this video but i ended up spending so much time filming up at the chapel and around the town that that’s all we’ve got time for a little bit of a mix as well of some cultural stuff as well as the bike ride and if you did enjoy the video please press the like button and the subscribe button that would be awesome other than that stay safe look after yourselves and i hope to see you again soon cheers bye you