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Dear friends, Yesterday we had a wonderful walk just south of Haslemere. Near the top of Tennyson’s Lane this beauty was sunning itself. It made a hasty retreat when we disturbed it on the sandy footpath. Adders are no longer…

Dear friends, The picture today is of our small flock with a one year old laying almost every day and three youngsters that haven’t started yet. They are a very happy bunch. I wish you a very happy Easter. God…

Dear friends, An additional attachment today for the APCM tomorrow. I hope you have time to go over it before the meeting. The picture today is of the river Maas (Meuse) in the Netherlands and the flood plain on both…

Dear friends, This was the best my camara could do to capture the solar eclipse last week. Not very revealing but I still think it’s a nice picture. We are going away for a few days so this is the…

Dear friends, Earlier this week I needed to get on the garage roof to clean the solar panels of Sahara dust. When I climbed on the first thing I saw was this brick that we left out for some reason.…

Dear friends, Nothing says ‘Spring’ to me like the appearance of these humble flowers in our woodlands. A good second is the pond in our garden filled with frogs and frogspawn. Please note that on Mothering Sunday, 30 March, we…

Dear friends, March is fickle as usual. The sun is getting stronger but we still have rain, hail and night frost. Todays picture is of our solar PV panels covered in beautiful ice patterns earlier this week. Luckily that cover…

Dear friends, This Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent. Coming Thursday, the 13th and two more Thursdays before Easter soup, bread and cheese will be served in St John in aid of the Bishop’s Lent Appeal. For more information…

Dear friends, Last week we went to Newlands corner. The short walk we chose led past a boardwalk through woodland with ancient yew trees. We took the detour and were rewarded with these magnificent 1000 year old yew trees, all…

Dear friends, Some weeks ago we had the Christingle service in St John. That is when I took today’s picture. I hope you don’t find it inappropriate to show this now but I strongly believe that we should remember all…