Comet in the River

Great excitement, on the way to visit Jireh last week I espied a Gypsy catamaran in the river. Well I just had to call on them, meeting two very pleasant people in Graham and Katherine with whom Lynn and I spent an interesting and very pleasant couple of hours. What a small world, Katherine used to work for Jubilee Sailing Trust, overlapping with Hannah by a few weeks.

All systems go!

A new year - well new academic year and all things are starting up again. The band has had its first rehearsal and a number of gigs are in the diary, the first being a RNLI fund-raising river cruise this Friday. I have a great sextet of jazzers who will really make the Christie Belle swing!
Top of the Town Club starts up next week and we are having a change of format for the teens club - still with the emphasis on showing them that Jesus loves them.
Still waiting to hear from the school - now an 'Academy' - about teaching starting up again.
Of course, river work has been very busy but starts to run down as the sailing season finishes - apart from the more hardy mariners.
Lots of Uni viewing to do with Lyds, and we are looking forward for a visit to Durham in Oct to see Mum, Hazel and the family.

Busy week over

We have just got to the end of a busy week with our Holiday Club at church called 'Rocky's Plaice'. The club is set in a 'fish & chip shop' and we looked at the words: HOPE, BE FILLED, HAVE FAITH, LOVE and TELL. The words were linked to accounts of the life of Peter in the book of Acts and we considered the ascension of Jesus when the angels promised he would return; the account of the coming of the Holy Spirit; the healing of the lame man; the life of Dorcus and finally the account of Peter and Cornelius.
Also, it was the week the Guides practiced their rowing for Regatta and also river duties on most evenings.

Lynton with Lynn

Lynn and I escaped to the country. It was a bit of a 'stick a pin in the map' but Lynton was chosen. What a good choice it was. The campsite was small and cosy and we didn't use the car all week. Instead we walked for miles, up and down well marked paths. But the scenery! It is superb. A bit of rain did nothing to dampen our enthusiasm as we donned waterproofs and walked every path backwards and forwards and every other way!

Mum's birthday & Camping

The family all travelled to Sherwood Forest to celebrate Mother's 80th birthday. She looks younger every year!
This was followed by a few days camping at Cromer.

Summer Sailing

Lynn and I found ourselves with a free Saturday last week, well free until our Holiday Club training session in the evening. Anyway, with promise of a sunny morning, we made an early start to take Jireh out for a sail. It was lovely, and the brief showers didn't really bother us. We thought we had better return before the rain really began, but of course, as soon as we reached shore the sun came out in all its glory!

Volunteer Band Festival

Busy times mean no blogs, and it has been a busy time getting ready for the Volunteer Band Festival. We all had a great weekend and managed to win three trophies: for best concert performance, best drum major and runner-up to best Volunteer Band in the Royal Navy. Isn't nature wonderful!