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Dear friends, It’s the eerie time of year and we found ourselves at Newdigate bonfire night yesterday (see picture). It was a lovely evening with stunning fireworks. In protestant churches on the continent, 31st October is reformation day. It commemorates…

Dear friends, We have been back from our jolly in France a week now. One of our trips whilst out there was to a mushroom museum The setting was a system of corridors, hewn out in the chalk rock formations…

Dear friends, Another sunset picture this week. This time not from Headley but from Anjou in France, where we are staying with friends. Some of you have reported they are no longer receiving their regular emails from the website. It…

Dear friends, It’ll be strange without Rev Liz but we are looking forward to a new era and we will support Rev Gill in her new role all the way. The photo this week is of the announcement of warm…

Dear friends, Tomorrow will be the last service of Rev Liz as our parish vicar. If you can, please join her (details in notes attached). Also tomorrow, 4 October, is the saint’s day of Francis of Assisi, patron saint of,…

Dear friends, It is that time of year when either all spiders build webs or maybe we just see the webs better because of the moisture in the air. The ones that do not weave their traps all seem to…

Dear friends, After passing the signs for Leeds Castle over 300 times in the last 32 years on our journeys to and from the continent, we finally made it to the actual site. The house and gardens are delightful and…

Dear friends, Earlier this week I spotted this red kite over our house. At first glance the silhouette was normal but close inspection shows the ragged appearance of this majestic bird. It’s only recently that I learned that all birds…

Dear friends, Sun flowers always cheer me up no end and with the rain beating down (at last!) they are a very welcome sight. Being from a wider family of florists, I used to have cut flowers in the house…