On the Monday, when some people went home and others arrived, those of us who were staying had a free day. After writing my postcards I went into Storrington to buy stamps and post them. As it was pouring with rain and I still had some time on the parking ticket, I also found a…
Holiday Part 1 – Jane Austen, Life and Times
As a change from a straight walking holiday I decided to do something different – although still with hf holidays. I chose a Leisure Break from the Heritage section on “Jane Austen – Life and times”. This was a good excuse to re-read all six of her major novels. I spent the previous few months…
Celebrating a 50th Birthday
A friend reached her 50th birthday on the Friday and she had been planning a party for months. She has not been at all well, so her sister took over most of the organisation – putting the plans into action. As the sister lives near Cambridge, a few of us who live locally were also…
Going to the Theatre
As a thank you for taking her to various places (and as a treat for both of us), a friend bought tickets for “Singin’ in the Rain” at the local theatre. Neither of us had been to the theatre for years, but we thought this might be fun. We arrived early so we could pick…
Pentecost in the Park
Pentecost Sunday saw our church having a celebration in Queen Elizabeth Gardens and baptising people in the river! The idea for this came form our rector, apparently, some time ago. He managed to rope in the suffragan Bishop of Ramsbury; so they did baptisms, renewal of baptismal vows, confirmations and combinations of these. They chose…
Changes!
New managers at the Coffee Shop/Community Centre and at the Charity shop – both within a month! Mind you, the Coffee Shop had been working with only one part-time manager for a month and the Charity shop has had an acting manager and assistant manager for about a year, so the changes were not unexpected….
This and that
So what have I been doing? This and that! Usual weekly activities – charity shop, choir, community café, church, gym (but not much/enough of the last). Also “helping” with a “Community Alpha Course” (Youth Alpha adapted for adults) and now “Christianity Explored”. Extras like coffee with friends and progress on the jumper I am knitting….
Family lunch
As my nephew and his family were over from Spain for a fairly short time, it was decided to have a family lunch so everyone could meet up and see them. A venue was decided on which was not too far to go for anyone – a problem when Cambridge and Bristol (with a bad…
Too much cake!
So – it was my birthday again…..on Saturday. The Tuesday before, in the charity shop, I was given, among other things, an individual cake with a candle on top. On the Thursday, I was given (along with cards, flowers, a plant) a sponge cake – with one candle on top. I took it home as…
Celebrate Christmas
This started with the bhf shop Christmas meal, held on the 16th December, at the Avon Brewery pub this year. We had a…… ……set out with our place names (and on the back what we had ordered). Some people had 3 courses, but I only had 2 – duck then a panna cotta with raspberry…