Stephen Lynas
@sblynas.bsky.social
Somerset. Church (mostly Anglican). Railways. UK politics.
Retired C of E priest, also the retired General Synod blogger known as 'bathwellschap'
Retired C of E priest, also the retired General Synod blogger known as 'bathwellschap'
This turned up as a reading this morning, and I found myself thinking about the current state of the USA...✝️
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
This turned up as a reading this morning, and I found myself thinking about the current state of the USA...✝️
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Great image of ++Sarah Mullaly in the Weekend Financial Times today.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Great image of ++Sarah Mullaly in the Weekend Financial Times today.
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No need for apprehension!
Lovely drawings, message clear as a (bicycle) bell from @davewalker.bsky.social
Lovely drawings, message clear as a (bicycle) bell from @davewalker.bsky.social
Posting (with considerable apprehension) my TEDx talk. Topic: My case for cycling as a way to mitigate against climate change. The talk didn't happen quite as originally planned, so it was filmed, in China and Essex. Please forgive any imperfections in my delivery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9cT...
Why promote cycling? Climate and many other things matter | David Andrew Walker | TEDxChengdu
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
No need for apprehension!
Lovely drawings, message clear as a (bicycle) bell from @davewalker.bsky.social
Lovely drawings, message clear as a (bicycle) bell from @davewalker.bsky.social
Reposted by Stephen Lynas
A cartoon: Cycling on a budget. Summarising just a small amount of the info you'll find on budgetcycling.uk.
(Image from the book 'From A to B', by Dave Walker, published by Bloomsbury.)
(Image from the book 'From A to B', by Dave Walker, published by Bloomsbury.)
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A cartoon: Cycling on a budget. Summarising just a small amount of the info you'll find on budgetcycling.uk.
(Image from the book 'From A to B', by Dave Walker, published by Bloomsbury.)
(Image from the book 'From A to B', by Dave Walker, published by Bloomsbury.)
Greetings #clergymaltclub; just water for me tonight after a Catholic mass with inspirational cello and organ music, but NO CREED!
(I'm in Interlaken Switzerland, on the Nicaean anniversary, this is taking neutrality too far...)🇨🇭
#CofEpeeps
(I'm in Interlaken Switzerland, on the Nicaean anniversary, this is taking neutrality too far...)🇨🇭
#CofEpeeps
December 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Greetings #clergymaltclub; just water for me tonight after a Catholic mass with inspirational cello and organ music, but NO CREED!
(I'm in Interlaken Switzerland, on the Nicaean anniversary, this is taking neutrality too far...)🇨🇭
#CofEpeeps
(I'm in Interlaken Switzerland, on the Nicaean anniversary, this is taking neutrality too far...)🇨🇭
#CofEpeeps
This is so good.
#CofE on the front foot.
Got to be shared.
You know what to do...
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m.youtube.com/shorts/Uqk2p...
#CofE on the front foot.
Got to be shared.
You know what to do...
✝️
m.youtube.com/shorts/Uqk2p...
Christmas is for everyone - you're invited to celebrate the birth of Jesus at a church near you
YouTube video by The Church of England
m.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is so good.
#CofE on the front foot.
Got to be shared.
You know what to do...
✝️
m.youtube.com/shorts/Uqk2p...
#CofE on the front foot.
Got to be shared.
You know what to do...
✝️
m.youtube.com/shorts/Uqk2p...
Here's a lovely bit of Common Worship backstory for #CofEPeeps.
(You'll love the opening anecdote, but read to the end)
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/r...
(You'll love the opening anecdote, but read to the end)
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/r...
Obituary: Remembering John Morgan, radical British typographer and designer
From the signage of HMS Victory and Tate Britain, to the graphic identities of galleries and biennials, his designs can be found across contemporary British culture
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here's a lovely bit of Common Worship backstory for #CofEPeeps.
(You'll love the opening anecdote, but read to the end)
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/r...
(You'll love the opening anecdote, but read to the end)
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/r...
This will interest some #CofEPeeps...
We have some very tasty special offers & late availability posted on our specials page at the moment www.sheldonretreat.com/specials
Sheldon Specials : late availability, advance discounts, etc
A regularly updated page highlighting any discounts and special offers available for booking a retreat at Sheldon
www.sheldonretreat.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This will interest some #CofEPeeps...
Reposted by Stephen Lynas
We have some very tasty special offers & late availability posted on our specials page at the moment www.sheldonretreat.com/specials
Sheldon Specials : late availability, advance discounts, etc
A regularly updated page highlighting any discounts and special offers available for booking a retreat at Sheldon
www.sheldonretreat.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We have some very tasty special offers & late availability posted on our specials page at the moment www.sheldonretreat.com/specials
Oh yes!
The Romans called the town Ivybridge because the name Forth Bridge was already taken.
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Oh yes!
Agreed. I've just leafed through the Aldi Christmas food booklet. And I'm not salivating.
Well this Christmas I’m taking a stand against the term ‘must-haves’. Food, clothing and shelter are ‘must-haves’. The rest are ‘devices you desire’.
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Agreed. I've just leafed through the Aldi Christmas food booklet. And I'm not salivating.
This is good news!
Bath and Wells has been without a Bishop of Taunton for a while, as Bishop Ruth has been covering vacancies in Coventry and now Liverpool.
So welcome Bishop Fiona!
#CofEpeeps
www.bathandwells.org.uk/news/fiona-g...
Bath and Wells has been without a Bishop of Taunton for a while, as Bishop Ruth has been covering vacancies in Coventry and now Liverpool.
So welcome Bishop Fiona!
#CofEpeeps
www.bathandwells.org.uk/news/fiona-g...
Fiona Gibson to become the next Bishop of Taunton - Bath and Wells Diocese
Downing Street has announced today that Fiona Gibson will be the next Bishop of Taunton. She is currently the Archdeacon of Ludlow in the Diocese of Hereford, a role which she has held since 2021.
www.bathandwells.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is good news!
Bath and Wells has been without a Bishop of Taunton for a while, as Bishop Ruth has been covering vacancies in Coventry and now Liverpool.
So welcome Bishop Fiona!
#CofEpeeps
www.bathandwells.org.uk/news/fiona-g...
Bath and Wells has been without a Bishop of Taunton for a while, as Bishop Ruth has been covering vacancies in Coventry and now Liverpool.
So welcome Bishop Fiona!
#CofEpeeps
www.bathandwells.org.uk/news/fiona-g...
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Quran burning, freedom of expression and the limits of s.5 Public Order Act 1986: R v Coskun: rather long note on R v Hamit Coskun [2025] Southwark Crown Court 10 October: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/22/q...
Quran burning, freedom of expression and the limits of s.5 Public Order Act 1986: R v Coskun | Law & Religion UK
lawandreligionuk.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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A little reminder of the Churches Mutual Credit Union - sensible loans to support ministry!
For those with the resources, an ideal way to support other people - by investing with CMCU.
Not just for #CofEpeeps
Car loans and loans to buy an electric bike, for example.
www.churchesmutual.co.uk
For those with the resources, an ideal way to support other people - by investing with CMCU.
Not just for #CofEpeeps
Car loans and loans to buy an electric bike, for example.
www.churchesmutual.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A little reminder of the Churches Mutual Credit Union - sensible loans to support ministry!
For those with the resources, an ideal way to support other people - by investing with CMCU.
Not just for #CofEpeeps
Car loans and loans to buy an electric bike, for example.
www.churchesmutual.co.uk
For those with the resources, an ideal way to support other people - by investing with CMCU.
Not just for #CofEpeeps
Car loans and loans to buy an electric bike, for example.
www.churchesmutual.co.uk
The entities formerly known as HSTs, now @gwr.com 'Castle class', are heading for extinction this year.
Caught this one passing Totnes Riverside on the South Devon Railway, en route Exeter -Penzance.
#UKRailways
Caught this one passing Totnes Riverside on the South Devon Railway, en route Exeter -Penzance.
#UKRailways
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The entities formerly known as HSTs, now @gwr.com 'Castle class', are heading for extinction this year.
Caught this one passing Totnes Riverside on the South Devon Railway, en route Exeter -Penzance.
#UKRailways
Caught this one passing Totnes Riverside on the South Devon Railway, en route Exeter -Penzance.
#UKRailways
Oh, this is genius!
And a real competitor to the Swiss Railway clock.
Check out the linked video.
#UKRailway
And a real competitor to the Swiss Railway clock.
Check out the linked video.
#UKRailway
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oh, this is genius!
And a real competitor to the Swiss Railway clock.
Check out the linked video.
#UKRailway
And a real competitor to the Swiss Railway clock.
Check out the linked video.
#UKRailway
I think this applies this side of the Atlantic too... ✝️
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I think this applies this side of the Atlantic too... ✝️
##CofEPeeps need to see this.
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
##CofEPeeps need to see this.
I'm not sure Robert Jenrick has quite understood how ventriloquism works.
#UKpolitics
#UKpolitics
October 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I'm not sure Robert Jenrick has quite understood how ventriloquism works.
#UKpolitics
#UKpolitics
#CofEpeeps needs a bit of comment on today's announcement, so here's one for starters.
Delighted by the news that Bishop Sarah is to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury! I wrote this: shared-conversations.com/2025/10/03/w...
White smoke day: the new Archbishop of Canterbury
Because I am on General Synod, friends and family assume that I have some sort of hot line to the process by which the new Archbishop of Canterbury is chosen. Well, in a word, no. I have been as mu…
shared-conversations.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#CofEpeeps needs a bit of comment on today's announcement, so here's one for starters.
What a cracking photo of Bath Spa in the dark!
#UKRailways
#UKRailways
October 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What a cracking photo of Bath Spa in the dark!
#UKRailways
#UKRailways
Interesting exercise to say a prayer for an individual when you don't know who they are...✝️
Two more sleeps to the next Archbishop of Canterbury …
October 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Interesting exercise to say a prayer for an individual when you don't know who they are...✝️
Very good.
But some of us are still looking for Series 3 assistance...
Green was good.
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But some of us are still looking for Series 3 assistance...
Green was good.
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#CofEPeeps My immediate thought was, ‘Surely ASB help hasn’t been needed since 2000?’ (OK, will find out who they really are now…)
In our latest blog, we break down the changes in the updated statutory guidance for ASB powers.
Read the #blog here 👉 asbhelp.co.uk/government-u...
Read the #blog here 👉 asbhelp.co.uk/government-u...
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Very good.
But some of us are still looking for Series 3 assistance...
Green was good.
😄😄
But some of us are still looking for Series 3 assistance...
Green was good.
😄😄