Good Friday Ride to All Saints' Church Tudeley

I'll be catching the 09.12 train from Blackfriars, which goes through Crofton Park at 09.30 and arrives at Otford at 10.07. We'll ride from Otford along the Pilgrims' Way, and then via Ightham, to All Saints' Church, Tudeley, where we hope to be able go in and see the Chaggall windows (£2.50 donation for entry to the Church).. In 1963, Sarah the daughter of Sir Henry and Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid who owned near-by Somerhill House,was drowned in a sailing accident off Rye, East Sussex. In her memory, the couple commissioned Russian-French artist Marc Chagall to design a stained glass window for the church, which was installed in 1967. When Chagall arrived for the dedication of the east window in 1967, and saw the church for the first time, he exclaimed "C'est magnifique! Je les ferai tous!" ("It's magnificent! I will do them all!"). Over the next ten years Chagall designed the remaining eleven windows, made again in collaboration with the glassworker Charles Marq in his workshop at Reims in northern France. The last windows were installed in 1985, just before Chagall's death. We then return to Otford via the same route. The return trip is about 30 miles. Ride Leader: Nigel Bee (tel 07415 315 690, email [email protected])