Bells and Bikes. “A cracking read for anyone who appreciates the Yorkshire countryside,” says the latest five star review of my book on Amazon.
Other feedback has praised its content in the areas of sport, music, charitable fundraising, regional marketing, humour and even psychology.
Get yours now. £1 from each paper book sold goes to Marie Curie, the charity partner of Yorkshire’s Grand Depart for the 2014 Tour de France. High street retailers also available as summarised on the Books page of this website. More retailers expected soon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bells-Bikes-Tour-France-ring/dp/1909461474/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453666022&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=bells+and+bikes+rod+ismayamazon

Bells and Bikes in Dore, Sheffield. Can’t tell you just how refreshing this ride and ring was after a busy week at work. Exercise and fresh air. #recommend 

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Click here to see latest known list of high street retailers and online vendors.

You can also ask instore at any bookshop quoting ISBN 9 781 909 461 475 and they should be able to obtain it for you.

https://bellsandbikes.com/book/

Enjoy!

Great to meet Rony Robinson @Rony37 to talk about my new book, “Bells and Bikes” on the Radio Sheffield morning show on 7 December 2015.

You can catch the interview on iPlayer until 7 January 2016.

Click here to listen. My interview is 10 minutes long, from 01:35:22 to 01:45:15. The warm up act is a chart topping hit by Wet Wet Wet, then we get into the real action with anecdotes of Le Tour de France, church bells, Woolly Bikes and even some live handbells on air from my bag.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038d5s1#play

There’ll also be a clip out soon on the Radio Sheffield website where I talk about Ecclesall Church Handbells, to seek a mix and match to get a proper octave going. We filmed that shortly after the interview with Rony.

My book is now available on Amazon (search Bells and Bikes by Rod Ismay) and also at the following  outlets – Russell’s Cycle Shed (Sheffield Railway Station Cycle Hub), Bradfield Post Office, Cycle Penistone and West Tanfield Post Office. Discussions under way with more outlets around the county.

Here’s what happens when you receive a copy of “Bells and Bikes” through your letterbox. This could be you! Order online at

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/categories/cycling/bells-and-bikes.html

This one arrived with the postman as we were visiting. Priceless moments 🙂

The ideal Christmas present! Check out the fantastic cover and synopsis at

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/categories/cycling/bells-and-bikes.html

More information at

https://bellsandbikes.com/book/

Fourteen months after the Tour raced out of Yorkshire and back into France, there is no shortage of Tour legacies across the county. There’s ever more cyclists out there, hopefully a few more bellringers and loads of bunting and yellow bikes.

Here is a selection of photos I took last weekend on my way back from Barnsley to Sheffield via the Cote d’Oughtibridge and Worrall.

Now just wait for my book. You’ll love the photos in there!

Ripe blackberries grow through yellow bike above Grenoside.

A tough climb, packed with fans last July.

Bunting makes a shopfront

#Drink

Wherever I go, Le Tour goes

Bike wheel sculpture in Worrall

This way to the Cote d’Oughtibridge

Whitchurch Canonicorum is a beautiful old church down steep lanes just inland from Charmouth in Dorset. It has a really friendly band of local ringers and is supplemented by The Five Bells pub up the road and eight* bells up the tower. (Eight for ringing in the recently renovated frame and one for chiming in the old frame). Having rung at nearby Chideock a few times and been kindly invited to pop over, it seemed a great place for a bit of bells and bikes cross country cycling action!

Here, we see the route from Chideock to Whitchurch Canonicorum, via Butt Lane which in turn means via a corn field.

The Five Bells serves a goodly pint of Palmers, the Bridport brewery just a few miles away.

Bellringing practice night is Tuesday 8pm. Recommended.

A great set of bells. A beautiful church. A wonderful friendly welcoming band. And a good pint.

That’s what I call a bike ride 😉