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Which is the real thing?

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Which is the real thing?

Originally uploaded by Dawnriser

There’s new night club opening in York. It’s called Salvation. This morning I noticed this phone box advert for the new club sited right outside the Salvation Army.

Salvation Advert
I had already sounded my own Hurumph about the use of the name Salvation for a night club, but there’s something cynical about the juxtaposition of the club and the church in this commercial way surely designed to exploit the real Salvation of the Christian gospel.
It looks set to insult the fervent faith of members of the Salvation Army. These honest, disciplined, tee total adherents of the Christian Faith stand in stark contrast to the debauchery, drunkenness and licentiousness that defines the city’s nightclubs.
I’m reminded of a new testament scripture that says of Jesus Christ “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
So I leave you to judge – if you needed Salvation which would you go to – the night club or the church?

I’ve flown the route

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Call me a geek if you like, but I imported the route of my sponsored ride through the Yorkshire Dales, planned for next week, into Google Earth. So now I feel I’ve gained a whole new perspective on the roads I’ll be cycling to raise money for Riding Lights.

If you would like to fly with me click on the map below and then export it to a kml file. Double click the saved file and if you have Google Earth installed on your computer you see it traced out on the satellite image. Click play and start to fly. Watch the elevation read out under the map as you traverse the hills – just to gain some idea of where I’ll be feeling the pain. Click here to sponsor me

Last week of training

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Last week of training

Originally uploaded by Dawnriser

This is pretty well where it starts for today. The new cycle track to New
Earswick. I’m not a big fan of cycle tracks but this one takes me away
from the teatime traffic for a few hundred yards.
Excitement for the ride next week is building. I’m really looking forward to the
challenge.

Memorial

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Memorial

Originally uploaded by Dawnriser

Not far from Linton is this memorial in Newton on Ouse to the Canadian Crew of a Halifax Bomber returning from a WW2 mission. The red poppies attracted me to the small stone monument. These guys must have been almost home but crashed near here before making the runway.
Sad loss of life in yet another conflict.
Help me and Riding Lights do something to help the Christain community of Palestinians caught in the crossfire of a conflict in Israel. Their numbers are diminishing as many of them lose heart and move out to safer havens. It’s not a good place to live – but not everyone either can or wants to leave their home.
www.help.co.uk/ridingbike to donate