Monthly Archives: December 2021

Swanwick, Derbyshire – St Andrew

Posted on December 30, 2021 by admin

I went to Swanwick first thing on the Thursday before Christmas to take a funeral. It was a very foggy day (when we were in the cemetery it was like something out of Dickens). I went back before the New … Continue reading →

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Orwell, Cambridgeshire – St Andrew

Posted on December 29, 2021 by admin

St Andrew’s church is at TL 362504. We used to come to this village to have an explore of the old chalk pit, now a nature reserve, and I remember watching two steam engines ploughing a field – engine at … Continue reading →

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Barton, Cambridgeshire – St Peter

Posted on December 28, 2021 by admin

Our 38th wedding anniversary, 3 December 2021. We drove to Barton and parked by the school so I could have an explore of St Peter’s – TL 408557. The village of my childhood. We moved here when I was 9. … Continue reading →

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – St Bene’t

Posted on December 28, 2021 by admin

St Bene’t’s church is the oldest in Cambridge. A classic Anglo-Saxon tower, each stage a little narrower than the one below. There are six bells in the tower. In 1273 there was one, and the Rector, Alan, disputed the new … Continue reading →

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church

Posted on December 27, 2021 by admin

We are in Cambridge for a Wedding Anniversary break and on 2 December 2021 (37 years and 364 days since that Fateful Day) we walked along to St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church. I realised that, although we worshipped here for … Continue reading →

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – Great Saint Mary’s

Posted on December 27, 2021 by admin

Great Saint Mary’s is the main church in the centre of Cambridge – the University Church. In my youth their Director of Music also conducted Cambridge Youth Orchestra, so we did various concerts here. In our undergraduate days we came … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks – November 2021

Posted on December 26, 2021 by admin

This was the month we finally managed to restart our Toddler Group, and that was a huge pleasure. Remembrance Sunday was busy too – I felt mixed emotions, pleased that the place was full, but worried about the number of … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks – October 2021

Posted on December 26, 2021 by admin

October continued in the same vein. Worship every Sunday, plus Zoom, and a lot of baptisms. Not a lot of walking – just 18 miles this month (though that was 18 miles more than in September). One train jaunt and … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks – September 2021

Posted on December 26, 2021 by admin

I don’t know if anyone reads these monthly summaries, but if – in the future – I want to know what railways I did, what walking I didn’t do, or my thoughts on facebook, at least I will know where … Continue reading →

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