Rod Ismay

Rod Ismay indulges in the ABC of life - Accountancy, Bell-ringing and Cycling. Organising church bells for the Tour de France was a natural culmination of years spent up towers around Barnsley, encouraging Post Office colleagues to cycle to work and persisting in regular rides up Holme Moss on a 531 steel frame touring bike loaded with unnecessary panniers. Rod has been formally endorsed by the Post Office as one of its superheroes for Children in Need as a result of serial fundraising...See more

Rod Ismay indulges in the ABC of life - Accountancy, Bell-ringing and Cycling. Organising church bells for the Tour de France was a natural culmination of years spent up towers around Barnsley, encouraging Post Office colleagues to cycle to work and persisting in regular rides up Holme Moss on a 531 steel frame touring bike loaded with unnecessary panniers. Rod has been formally endorsed by the Post Office as one of its superheroes for Children in Need as a result of serial fundraising projects involving bikes. Rod has been Ringing Master at Hoylandswaine, Yorkshire, and Exeter St David's in Devon. He is passionate about bell-ringing as a vehicle for arts, community, church service and fun. He passed his cycling proficiency test in around 1979 and his desk at work is easily identifiable by its collection of polka-dotted garments and cycling mugs. See less