Yes, the title is sarcastic. Kind of. We got back a few weeks ago from a break at Ribby Hall Village. We were only supposed to be staying for four nights but we must have enjoyed ourselves because we decided to stay longer! Ribby Hall Village is up near Preston, less than an hour away [...]
When I was 30, I wrote a blog called 40 before 40. I've actually been getting on quite well with achieving some of those 40 things, but I've just been terrible at keeping up with the blog! So anyway, here is a big one: go to Disneyland with Nathan and Sophia, a trip that took [...]
For the fourth time, Nathan and I found ourselves heading off to Whalley Abbey for the annual deanery chapter overnight away. We went in 2020 (when lockdown began and they locked the doors behind us as we left), 2023 (my first since returning to the Deanery) and 2024 (when I was struggling to eat the [...]
We recently came home from a delightful and much needed week away. We stayed in the house of another clergy person in a town called Burntwood, near Lichfield. We only realised part way through that it was our first time away as a family of four! Upon arrival, we immediately felt at home. The house [...]
Rev Poppy 