Sunday 28 May 2012
It was a warm and sunny afternoon, so I set off on a ride to push on from the 135 miles I'd managed to trouser that week. Cycling along Union Lane in Out Rawcliffe, my eagle eyes spotted a burst balloon at the side of the road with a tag attached to it with string. Curiosity spiked, I went back to investigate. The tag was printed with the words:
St. Margaret's Swinton
Parochial Church Council
Acorns Group
Although there was no encouragement for me to get in touch, as there sometimes are with these things to note how far they've travelled, a Google search led me to the website for a church in the town of Swinton, near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. I sent them an email and the reply from the vicar confirmed where it had come from:
"the balloons were released from St Margaret's Parish Church, Swinton, Rotherham at 11 00am Sunday morning to celebrate Whit Sunday. Thanks so much for taking the time to get in touch, the children at church will be delighted to hear this news."
Here's a map showing the distance travelled as the crow flies:
It's 70 miles according to this website: http://tinyurl.com/myk7rjm
The wind had been fairly gusting in from the east / south east for the last few days, so it makes sense that it has travelled from that direction. Cor, eh readers?
Cor indeed! What a great story and so lovely that you took the time to get in touch with the church. 70 miles....impressive 😎
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