It feels like a very long time since we went away with our pals in October. So much has happened since then, which is why this has sat in my drafts all that time! But I now find myself with some spare time, so here goes: dreaming near Durham. There won't be much detail in [...]
Every year, the Sefton North clergy go away together for a night, and it's become a little tradition that I write a few thoughts about it. Here we go! By my reckoning, this was my fifth time away with the clergy at Whalley Abbey up near Blackburn. We went in March 2020, and they literally [...]
Back in June (yes, this has sat in my drafts for a long time!) we went on holiday to Matlock with my lot. We were there with my sister, Mum and Dad, Granny and Grandpa and Bingley dog. Isabelle's husband, Rick, also joined us for a couple of evenings. Matlock has long been a favourite [...]
It's weird, this one. I always blog a Greenbelt blog. But this year we're not there. Long-term Greenbelters talk about occasional 'fallow years' and I wonder if that's what this is for us. Not that we intentionally didn't go to Greenbelt. We dithered for months. Even in the weeks and days running up to it, [...]
Rev Poppy 