Interval between the rain

Wednesday 13th September 2017

Near Hallington at the southern end of the deanery

Home again

Saturday 9th September 2017

Molly surveys Bellingham after her summer holiday

Term begins

Tuesday 5th September 2017

The great Cattle Take-over

Wherever I drove, the cattle ruled the road.  Still, I managed to visit three schools to ask what help the Church could provide this term; and I also attended a meeting about developments at St Cuthbert's Elsdon.

Our local St Cuthbert's Trail

Saturday 2nd September 2017

We walked our local St Cuthbert's Trail from St Cuthbert's Elsdon (where we had breakfast) to St Cuthbert's Corsenside (lunch) and now (looking down to the valley of the River Rede) on to Bellingham for prayers at St Cuthbert's Well  and in St Cuthbert's church before tea.

St Cuthbert's Festival

Friday 1st September 2017

St Cuthbert's Festival weekend began with a talk and reflections "on St Cuthbert's Way" after walking from Melrose to Lindisfarne at the beginning of May

Wildlife

Wednesday 30th August 2017

 

Purple loosestrife on the Rectory glebe where I found a beautiful big green frog with dark markings who looked just like the orchid leaves.  But it hopped under the foliage  before I could photograph it.

Then the honey bees flew off, leaving just one bumble bee in the centre of the picture:

 



Elsdon Fair

Monday 28th August 2017

Ice cream cones as a reward for a hard afternoon's barbecuing..

...and Zebedee comes home with second prize in the "Golden Oldies" class of the Dog Show