Just spent an amazing – and very refreshing – six days on Holy Island, ‘The Holy Island of Lindisfarne’ no less, my first ever visit! It’s a real 5-star place, though not in the usual sense, of course. For many … Continue reading The 5-star Holy Island of Lindisfarne ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
A week or so in the West Country in Autumn ~ and yes, it was great! Tiverton, Devon ~ where my good friend Elizabeth took me to see a really bleak but utterly compelling Russian movie, ‘Loveless‘ which was about … Continue reading Wanderings in the Wonderful West Country!
You just can’t beat the north of England for mountains and moorland. All of the high roads can be spectacular – well, either spectacularly bleak in the middle of a snowstorm or spectacularly beautiful on a sunny day. This weekend … Continue reading And a Very Warm Welcome to Northern England!
THE most amazing 3 days of completely blue skies and THE most amazing visits to 3 cathedrals! Almost, but not quite, cathedralled-out for a while. Added to Norwich, where I was last Friday, that makes 4 cathedrals in less than … Continue reading Cathedralling in Eastern England!
East Anglia is a land of big skies. They go on forever, and change colour frequently at this time of year as an orange sunrise gives way to blue skies ~ that change to grey to black, and the storm … Continue reading Welcome to East Anglia!
So here I am, in the Lake District for a week visiting family – and friends – and based at Troutbeck. It’s deep in the Lake District. Of course, the Lake District is famous for mountains, lakes, steamboats, views, daffodils, … Continue reading Mountains and More @ The Lake District!
Gotta go when you gotta go ~ and so goodbye Taiwan until next year! So much going on and so little time ~ so a small selection of other people’s photos of the last few weeks. Teaching, preaching, eating, drinking, sightseeing and more… And, my friends from Taichung who came for the weekend ~ we went on the Pingxi Line and to Shifen Waterfall. Ah, selfie heaven! This is the alternative Pingxi Line set of photos – the ones I took – ah, gotta love ’em all! It’s time to go when it’s time to go ~ and all UK … Continue reading Goodbye Taiwan!
A choir that has fun together, laughs together and goes on trips together is sure, yes, sure to sing and harmonize better at church on Sunday mornings. And y’know, our Advent Church Choir is not just any old choir singing … Continue reading Adventures with Advent Church Choir 台灣聖公會降臨堂詩班 @ Jiji 集集, Checheng 車埕 and Wang Hsiang 望鄉部落 Kalibuan Village, Nantou County!
Three big Baiyue 百岳 mountains in one day ~ Nos. 34, 35 and 66 of THE list! The Baiyue list refers to the list of the ‘100 Peaks of Taiwan‘, the 100 were chosen from among Taiwan’s 260+ mountains which … Continue reading Hehuanshan 合歡山 Main Peak 主峰 (3,417m), East Peak 東峰 (3,421m) and Mt. Shimen 石門山 (3,237m)
Catherine Lee 