We return our car at the airport and catch our flight back to London with very happy memories of our stay in Ireland. Continue reading →

We meet for field service this morning at 9.45am. There are three car loads that do a rural map consisting of tight country lanes, rolling fields and lovely friendly Irish householders. Continue reading →

We take a drive today with Malcolm and June as competent guides.  Our first stop is Mahon Falls, a very cold, windy ravine, high up with ocean views and a water fall at the end. Spectacular! Continue reading →

We have to be up early for our flight to Dublin from Manchester. This means driving from Sheffield and leaving at 7am. Joel and Lindsay get up to say goodbye. They have been so kind and hospitable, it has been a pleasure staying with them. Continue reading →

How pleased we are to be able to attend the Special Assembly Day today at the Hellerby Assembly Hall with Joel and Lindsay! The program is wonderful with the theme: ‘We are the clay – Jehovah is Our Potter’. The Bethel speaker gave two great talks and we are reminded that our obedience is essential if we are to be molded by Jehovah. Continue reading →

Today we travel back to Castleford to visit Walter and Dorothy, an elderly couple who are still in the congregation that Mark grew up in and have known him since he was a boy! Continue reading →

We leave the Dales today to stay with Joel and Lindsay in Sheffield. Joel and Lindsay stayed with us earlier this year and Joel’s parents have actually stayed over at our house back home in Port Macquarie in the last couple of weeks! Continue reading →

First stop, the Wensleydale Cheese Factory! “Wensleydale Grommit” We understand why Wallace is hooked, the cheese is wonderful! Continue reading →

Apart from driving through the beautiful scenery of the Lake District, there are two main things we want to do today, visit “Hilltop” the home of Beatrix Potter in the tiny village of Sawry near Lake Windemere and the Cumberland pencil factory in Keswick, Cumbria (you remember the Awake article). Continue reading →

Another very sad goodbye to Paul, Janet, Gavin and Gemma, who have been so kind and made us so welcome. Continue reading →

It is always a pleasure to attend the Sunday meeting and we say goodbye to some here that we won’t see again. Janet has cooked a roast pork lunch, spoilt I hear you say!! Continue reading →

We went for a long drive today into remote areas of Snowdonia. Paul works for the Forestry and so knows all the back roads through spectacular country, very rugged and beautiful. There is so much open space in Wales, its no wonder our Yorkshire friends have moved there.
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We return to Aberdovey today for  a closer look. Paul knows of a walk we can do along the waterfront while the tide is out. Continue reading →

There is field service all day today for Justin and in fact for the next few days. Continue reading →

It is sad to leave Charlie and Anne but needs must! We are on our way to Wales to Paul and Janet’s, dear friends who pioneered with Mark in his youth! Continue reading →

We had a lovely morning in field service this morning. In fact a very promising call was made on the granddaughter of a local brother who agrees to go through the Bible Teach book. Continue reading →

Today we travel the 30 minutes or so to Bath. On the way we had coffee at the George hotel in the little village of Norton St Phillip. It has been a pub for 700 years and is the oldest continually licensed inn in England. Continue reading →

We pick up a car and leave London today for Frome, where we stay with dear Charlie and Anne. We intend to meet them at the Kingdom Hall to be there for the Watchtower study. Continue reading →