A wee project some friends and I threw together as a hotch-potch addition to the cycling festival.. and through the wonders of twitter managed to get a cathedral for!



What? a wee act of blessing open to people of all faiths or none, celebrating glasgow’s blossoming bicycle community and blessing cyclists as they pilgrim across our city… This event inspired by the Blessing of the Bikes in New York (http://www.theblessingofthebikes.com/), something which has been running for 12 years, and organised here by a few glaswegian cyclists as an encouragement to the increasing number of cyclists taking to the streets in this dear green place.
Where? St Mary’s Cathedral is situated near several cycle routes, accessible from the south from the SECC and Kelvingrove Park, the west on the Colleges and University Cycle route, the north from the Canal Cycle path and Kelvin walkway and the east from the cycle path to Cowcaddens and beyond. You can find more detailed maps of cycle routes on http://www.opencyclemap.org/
What to Expect? Bicycles and their riders of all shapes and sizes and ages (hybrids, folders, fixies, mountain bikes, recumbants, tourers tandems and childrens bikes are all welcome!) INSIDE, lining the aisles of a gothic revival cathedral. A few words of blessing from The Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth. An opportunity to remember cyclists who have died on our roads. To end, a chorus of bicycle bells filling the the building in celebration of the gift of two wheels as we depart.
Wear what you like – whatever you cycle in is fine, although maybe be considerate with your cleated shoes – shimano steel + stone floors maybe don’t go too well together! The event won’t last all that long – so we suggest arriving promptly!

for any enquiries please contact glasgowblessingofthebikes@gmail.com
more info at any of: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128571403837410 | http://www.thisiscentralstation.com/events/blessing-of-the-bikes-glasgow.aspx | http://glasgowbicycleblessing.wordpress.com/ | http://www.twitter.com/bicycleblessing
Please feel free to pass on this invitation..