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Dear friends, The last stop on our travels on the continent was Reims, the former coronation seat of France. We had no idea of the vastness of the cathedral and the richness of its decorations (see pictures). There are stained…

Dear friends, After our travels we are home again. As always it was great to be away and equally great to come back. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd notes-20240512.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20240512.pdf Weekly Readings

Dear friends, Our travels have taken us across Austria and we are now in the Czech republic. On our way we visited the heroes organ in Kufstein. Every day at 12 noon there is a 15 minute recital for the…

Dear friends, Greetings from lovely Sicily. The picture today is from a DOM church we visited Thursday evening. We learned that the dome was added during a 200-year period when it was used as a mosque. We also learned that…

Dear friends, The apple tree did us proud this year: an abundance of flowers made me decide to sacrifice some branches for an entry in the spring show of the Capel Horticultural Society and they won the class. Unfortunately the…

Dear friends, Four years ago we were in the first COVID lockdown. The picture of the wild garlic was taken of one of the many glorious walks around our villages. I will always remember the beautiful weather, the silence, the…

Dear friends, Last week, on Easter Sunday, we did a lovely walk starting on the footpath in front of our house. The attached picture with St John in the distance was taken from the nature reserve. We hope many of…

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful time this weekend with a bit of sunshine albeit quite wet underfoot. Next week, 7 April, we have several exciting things going on. * First and foremost it is the…

Dear friends, For those who receive these notes in time: tonight 23 March we can join in with Earth Hour. This yearly event makes us stop and think how much resources we drain from the planet each year and how…

Dear friends, As I write the garden is bathing in glorious sunshine: a sight for sore eyes! Tomorrow we have a parish service in St John and I hope to see many of you. I will bring the new donations…