A couple of Titanic challenges!
Our Titanic Quarter Chaplains, Chris Bennett and Karen Spence recently hit the newspapers as they helped to launch the Christian Aid Titanic Cycle Challenge – a ride from the Titanic Quarter to Cobh in May this year. (Neatly connecting up the last place the Titanic stood on dry ground, and the last place she called in to port).
If you’re interested in taking part in the challenge check out the Christian Aid website for all the details.
Alternatively, a gentler option is to complete the Yardmen Cycle and Walk in Belfast on Sunday 1 April.
The idea is to dress up in scoops and dunchers ( the old docker’s cap) and re–trace (on foot or on two wheels) the route taken every morning by the 15,000 men who worked in the shipyards in 1912, starting in various points throughout Belfast and converging on the Drawing Office in the heart of the TQ.
You have to register now to be part of the walk and places are limited to 1000. Registering just takes a few moments at the website (click here) and your £5 ticket includes a duncher, refreshments, and a donation to Bowel Cancer research.
The Dock
The Dock is joining forces with Westbourne Presbyterian, the ‘shipyard church’ on the Newtownards Road, for a joint service at 11.00am on 1 April. After the service you’ll be able to enjoy a drop of coffee and then just stroll across the road to begin the walk – it leaves from Pitt Park, just over the road, at 12.45pm.
On arrival at the Titanic Quarter, the plan is to recreate the old photographs which show the men in their scoops and dunchers making their way down the Queens Road with the Titanic towering in the background.