Derek writes’ The 4th Sunday of Lent, refreshment Sunday, Mothering Sunday & Mother’s Day are all titles we give to this coming Sunday plus the clocks go forward. It was a time to take stock on our Lenten Journey, go on Pilgrimage to the Mother Church ( Cathedral ) bake a cake and visit the … [Read more…]
Derek writes:Beware the Ides of March said a soothsayer in BC 44 and the rest was history for Julius Caesar. ( ‘O” level English literature). The 15th March is an important day in the Shurvell household, with a birthday and the date we use to measure whether the season is early, late or par. At … [Read more…]
Derek writes: Jackdaws are hard working and persevering. They have been at St. Margaret’s for years if not centuries. They are keen to get in to the Belfry to make their nests, thus any opening has to be securely covered with mesh to let air in and sound out. Over the decades the Jackdaws had … [Read more…]
Derek writes: We begun cutting the Churchyard grass this week, probably the earliest we have started. Not for the first time I mused over why the metal railings were left around only one of the box tombs, many of the others had railings originally but were removed during WW 2 to be melted down for … [Read more…]
Derek writes: Snowdrops, it is now their moment in the spot light. What a joy they are, nodding to all and sundry who take time to look, stare and wonder. They are not always that easy to establish as dry bulbs, splitting clumps in the green after flowering helps to speed up the process. Definitely … [Read more…]