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With the extraordinary summer we have experienced this year now becoming a distant memory, and the leaves beginning to turn, it is traditionally the time of our Harvest Thanksgiving Services in Church. The crops are gathered and stored safely although the farming work carries on, tilling the fields and sowing winter crops, repairing boundaries, servicing… Continue reading Rectors Ramblings – October 2026

As I write this, I can’t believe I am looking into September already, as the proverbial expression goes…”where is this year going and seemingly so quickly?” The summer has been a different and difficult one for many, it has been hotter than we have experienced for a long time. Whilst enjoying a prolonged summer, it… Continue reading Rectors Ramblings – September 2026

Celebrating 50 years of friendship, my “bestie” and I managed a long planned and much awaited trip to Malta. We had been waiting since before COVID to actually get there, but our plans had constantly been on hold…due to various obstacles in our path. It was a guided tour, with our guide, a lovely Maltese… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice – August 2026

I love to read. I have books in almost every room in the Vicarage. There are lots of biographies, fiction and non fiction varieties, I have my favourite authors, including the likes of The Bronte Sisters, Santa Montifiore, Ellie Griffiths and Michael Morpurgo (I know many of his books are for children, but they are… Continue reading Vicars Voice – May 2025

As I sit and write this, we are still in the month of March, and whilst we are now well under way with the Season of Lent, in the background I have the television on with the annual Commonwealth Day celebration from Westminster Abbey. What is so striking about this service in this solemn and… Continue reading Vicars Voice – April 2025

At this time of year, some people are on holiday, others are looking forward to going away, or maybe having friends come and visit. Some of you may just be looking forward to a “staycation at home”.However and wherever we refresh ourselves,we all need space for ourselves to restore and recover from the daily tasks… Continue reading Vicars Voice – June 2024

August is the holiday month, with schools, colleges and many voluntary groups closed. For some, this holiday season brings a very welcome break from work and routine, a time to get away from it all and relax. For some it’s a get-away to somewhere different, somewhere to explore and experience a different culture. For some,… Continue reading Vicars Voice – August 2023

Have you ever noticed when attending various church services throughout the year, how the priests’ stole and the altar cloths change colour at various times? Have you ever wondered why? Well, the churches year is made up of different seasons, and each season has it’s own colour. During Advent and Lent, Purple is used as… Continue reading Vicars Voice April 2022