CMS Link Visit to All Saints with St. Peter, Luton

January 18, 2015January 19, 2015 Catherine Lee

Just had such a really great weekend! All Saints Church in Bury Park, Luton has been supporting me for years and years and years ~ and the connection goes back to their former vicar, Rev. Sam Prasadam, who had been CMS Area Secretary in the NE of England before moving to Luton in the late 1980’s. We also had a connection at the same time through Sam between my home church in Heighington, Co. Durham and All Saints, Luton, a north-south, rural-urban link ~ involving exchange visits and prayer ~ all sorts of lasting friendships were made. So I’ve known … Continue reading CMS Link Visit to All Saints with St. Peter, Luton

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Ilam, Staffordshire Peak District

January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 Catherine Lee

Ilam, a tiny little village in the Peak District, but oh so picturesque…. It’s also the home of Dovedale House, the Youth Retreat Centre of the Diocese of Lichfield. The diocese has a really good companion diocese relationship with the Diocese of West Malaysia, and hosts volunteers from Malaysia under the St. Chad’s Volunteers Scheme. So off I went southeast across the country via Ilam to call in at Dovedale House and say hello to their St. Chad’s Volunteer, Christopher, whose parents led a mission to St. John’s University and Advent Church, Taiwan a few years ago, and we all became … Continue reading Ilam, Staffordshire Peak District

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Forever Traffic!

January 16, 2015January 17, 2015 Catherine Lee

Ah yes, a whole day on the motorways and main roads of England going northwestwards yesterday ~ and a whole day going southeastwards today. This is the M6 this morning….. Ah yes, forever traffic! Continue reading Forever Traffic!

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I LOVE LONDON!

January 14, 2015January 15, 2015 Catherine Lee

A whole day in London on a gloriously sunny but freezing cold winter day – with my uncle, starting with, well ~ the Lyle’s Golden Syrup Machine at Victoria Station! Free porridge was on offer, and when you stand in front of the golden syrup machine and SMILE (yes smile, honest!) the golden syrup comes down on the porridge, and yep it works! And then onto Westminster R. C. Cathedral, Byzantine style, quite dark and sombre inside, but also full of beautiful mosaics…. And then along the river downstream and what a trip it was! Sun and blue sky all … Continue reading I LOVE LONDON!

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CMS Link Visit to St. Andrew’s Church, Tudhoe Grange, Spennymoor

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 Catherine Lee

My first CMS Link Visit of the new year, and off I went on a wild and windy Saturday morning over the A66 to Co. Durham, yippee! St. Andrew’s Church, Tudhoe Grange has been supporting me for many many years, starting when their former vicar, Neville was in action there ~ he’s now retired with his wife to Whitburn, on the coast just north of Sunderland. So first stop was to see them to say hello and have the most delicious lunch ~ oh yes and a paddle in the freezing cold North Sea – with the dog! My departure from … Continue reading CMS Link Visit to St. Andrew’s Church, Tudhoe Grange, Spennymoor

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Ribblehead Viaduct

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Catherine Lee

It really it quite something ~ and quite a surprise – in the absolute middle of nowhere! Well, there we were on the beautiful Ingleton-Hawes road yesterday, in deepest North Yorkshire, and suddenly out of the bleakness of the moorland rose this magnificent viaduct, Ribblehead Viaduct. Totally unexpected. Hadn’t checked anything much about the road beforehand, and well, there it was. FAMOUS and we didn’t even know it was there until we happened upon it. It was built in the 1870’s as part of the Settle-Carlisle Railway, but over 100 of the workmen, their wives and children lost their lives through … Continue reading Ribblehead Viaduct

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