Month: March 2015

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Porthleven, Cornwall

Catherine Lee

Staying for a few sunny days in Porthleven, Cornwall with my good friends, Tess, Tallis, Joseph, Jacob, Joy, Suki, Hinge and Bracket. Quite a family.  But then that includes a whole host of chickens, dogs and cats…. and I’ll leave it to you to decide which is which. All VERY hospitable ~ they clamber all over to show their warm welcome! Quite a beauitful little town ~ with gorgeous houses too… Thank you to my wonderful hosts for a great few days holiday ~ beautiful place and fantastic weather – YES! Continue reading Porthleven, Cornwall

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Truro Cathedral

Catherine Lee

There’s only 3 cathedrals in the UK with 3 spires, and Truro Cathedral is one of them, and guess what? Sadly none of those spires are open to the public. Now I like something to go up or go in or go down, so if a cathedral has a crypt or a tower or spire, or even a high gallery, well that’s for me!  But Truro keeps its spires secret unto itself, so we could only look up at them ~ and imagine. Truro is way down in Cornwall, the far SW of England, and the cathedral is Victorian. Kind of … Continue reading Truro Cathedral

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On the road with Elvis….

Catherine Lee

You never quite know what you’re gonna find in this country ~ and so it was that on my way down to S.W. England along the A303 today, found myself passing Stonehenge for the first time in my life ~ and then a hour or so further along, there was Elvis and his friends hanging out at an American diner on the same road…. There’s Elvis and his friends cruising along on the wall of a diner all covered with signs of the iconic Route 66 in the USA.  Driving along the A303 and such an association with Route 66 does … Continue reading On the road with Elvis….

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Salisbury Cathedral

Catherine Lee

Another day, another cathedral ~ and another cathedral tower too – yippee! And so it was that I found myself today at the top of Salisbury Cathedral looking down on the world, and the world as it is around the cathedral is really quite beautiful ~ the city of Salisbury, the cathedral close, the river and the hills in the distance…. Amazingly, the cathedral took the grand total of only 38 years to build, and that in the middle of the 13th century ~ certainly no hanging about.  In the next century they added the spire, pretty magnificent, the tallest … Continue reading Salisbury Cathedral

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CMS Discovery Day @ Kendal, Cumbria

Catherine Lee

So excited to see my good friends Mary and Margaret come from Sedbergh to attend the CMS Discovery Day at St. Thomas’ Church, Kendal yesterday ~ and wow, it was some day! Jam-packed full of amazing activities for children and adults ~ the morning all about Taiwan, with me talking to the adults, and the children busy too ~ the afternoon all about the UK, with Jenny Green sharing about her life and ministry in Bradford since returning from Uganda. Tons of really great Taiwan activities organized by the CMS group for the children – and some for the adults, … Continue reading CMS Discovery Day @ Kendal, Cumbria

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Anglesey, N. Wales

Catherine Lee

An octagonal house ~ just how cool is that?! The Anglesey Toll Houses web page says: ‘Thomas Telford designed and supervised the building of the Menai Suspension Bridge, and the road from Holyhead on Anglesey to London. The bridge took from 1818 – 1826 to build. As a means of recuperating some of the money there were five toll gates, each with a toll house, that were erected at approximately five mile intervals between the Menai Suspension Bridge and Holyhead.’ So happens that my good friends in Anglesey have one of ’em, in Gwalchmai, and beautiful it is indeed….. Just … Continue reading Anglesey, N. Wales