October 28, 2011
Alston – St Augustine
Gareth goes off to drive at the South Tynedale Railway – www.strps.org.uk – and I managed to keep Thursday 27 October free to go and join him. I started with a trip up the extension to Lintley on the engineering train, then had a wander round Alston. Alston is in Cumbria, but the Benefice of Alston Moor is in the Diocese of Newcastle. Firstly, as I walked up the hill, I spotted this sign: Not a sign you often see … . Sadly the chapel was locked. A notice one side of the door says the Catholics have their Mass...