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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

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Conwy Castle, N. Wales

Catherine Lee

En route to Anglesey today and just had to stop at Conwy Castle for a visit, just FANTASTIC!  A real castle, not just an old ruin, with views so magnificent of the Conwy Estuary, out to sea and all over the hills.  Oh yes and a walk around the Conwy Town Walls and saw the smallest house in Britain ~ such a beautiful town. In fact just like a mini Chester! Sorry to have to admit it, but it’s my first visit to Wales for 25 years, truly disgraceful. Such a beautiful country, but oh what a language ~ signposts … Continue reading Conwy Castle, N. Wales

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Chester ~ must see!

Catherine Lee

En route to Chester yesterday, stopped to go up Helsby Hill for glorious views over the Mersey, and even in the distance to Liverpool Cathedral……. Today ~ a beautiful sunny day in the city of Chester ~ walking around the old city walls, passing Britain’s oldest racecourse, the old bridge over the River Dee, the canal, Roman ruins, old city centre and the cathedral. Very highly recommended ~ going up Chester Cathedral tower. It is just brilliant!  Only £8 and that gets you a tour up the tower with a real live guide who also took us along inside the cathedral … Continue reading Chester ~ must see!

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CMS Link Visit to Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield

Catherine Lee

Fantastic church, wonderful people, and a whole lot of lovely new Chinese friends! My links with Huddersfield go back years and years, and Holy Trinity Church, just north of the centre of the town, has always been really supportive of CMS ~ and of me too! When my good friends Pam and Nigel moved to Holy Trinity from Heighington, Co. Durham in the late 1980’s, and there I was, preparing to join CMS and go to Tanzania, Holy Trinity offered their support – and hey presto, they’re still supporting me all these years later.   Actually Pam and Nigel have been away … Continue reading CMS Link Visit to Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield

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Hillsborough, Sheffield

Catherine Lee

Almost 7 hours on the M1 yesterday to get to Sheffield, long delays of hours for 2 separate accidents in the middle of 2 separate sets of roadworks, plus of course the roadworks themselves.  Groan, groan!  But finally got here, following the postcode to find that the place I’m staying in turns out to be in the Hillsborough area of Sheffield. Sadly the name ‘Hillsborough’ is synonymous with the Hillsborough Disaster of 1989, when 96 Liverpool football fans were crushed to death during a match at the Hillsborough Stadium during a FA Cup Semi-final match.  There’s a memorial to those who … Continue reading Hillsborough, Sheffield

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John Eliot, ‘Apostle to the Indians’ ~ the Taiwan Connection!

Catherine Lee

Just in case you hadn’t noticed ~ my favourite church is of course Advent Church on the campus of St. John’s University, Taiwan, and my favourite stained glass is the one in Advent Church – it’s BEAUTIFUL! So beautiful in fact, that I use it for all my cover photos for this blog and everything else, it is truly stunning!  The glass was designed and made in 2008 by our good friend, Lyn Hovey ~ who is based in Boston, USA with his lovely wife, Naticksqw, Chief Caring Hands of the Natick Praying Indians.  They’ve both been to Taiwan many times, and … Continue reading John Eliot, ‘Apostle to the Indians’ ~ the Taiwan Connection!

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Sights of Cambridge

Catherine Lee

And the very best sight of Cambridge is my good friend Jill who happens to be celebrating her 65th birthday today ~ and I happen to be here, yippee! So off we went to visit Ridley Hall Theological College, King’s College Chapel, Kettle’s Yard, and tons of colleges and bridges and streets and churches in-between…. and not forgetting Comberton Village Duck Pond – where we started off! Wonderful day, thank you Jill, and happy birthday!  And Adrian ~ thanks for everything, and especially – for having such a lovely wife! Continue reading Sights of Cambridge

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CMS Link Visit to Beccles, Suffolk

Catherine Lee

Just in case you think Cambridge is about as far east as it gets in England, well you ain’t bin nowhere yet!  Two long hours drive even further east from Cambridge and just before you hit the sea, you come upon the lovely little country town of Beccles, sitting on the River Waveney, at the gateway to The Broads, a sailing paradise of rivers and lakes in Norfolk and Suffolk. Beautiful! Not that I went to the Broads this weekend, in fact only as far as Beccles itself, passing the lovely Billingford Windmill at Scole, Norfolk en route…. And so to … Continue reading CMS Link Visit to Beccles, Suffolk