Life in the Rocking Rectory

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Singing, and lunch out

On Sunday evening our choir sang "Olivet to Calvary" at a local church. It's a gorgeous piece, and I so enjoyed singing it. In fact, I decided I like it so much that I downloaded it from iTunes. Not that our production was quite up to that standard, but what the heck. Today I drove back to the old... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Computer mended

The young man reappeared in the evening with Ed's computer all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (the computer, that is) and raring to go. "Wow!" I said, impressed. "How did you do it?" He smiled, modestly. "I just restored it to a previous time." Well that's easy enough. I've done it tons of times... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Back in the swing

Back in the swing today with a game of golf. Although there are loads of lovely golf courses in Portugal we didn't play, as you need a new mortgage to be able to meet the green fees. Lovely weather today, warm, sunny and spring-like. Pity the golf didn't match, but never mind, it's early days yet. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 15, 2010

And finally...

We're home safely, now catching up on the washing and the mail and everything that's been happening in our absence, so today, a few pictures of the beautiful Algarve coast in Portugal. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Our holiday comes to an end

We've reached the final day of our holiday and it's been another glorious, sunny day with a cloudless blue sky and just a gentle breeze to keep us from totally baking. It looks like this week's good weather is now here to stay in Portugal, and apparently warmer weather is forecast in the UK, so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Our second week

We've had a mixture of weather, with two days of rain which resulted in a torrential storm with howling winds and rain lashing against the windows and lasting all night. I got up at two o'clock (a.m. that is, not p.m.) to remove everything from the floor in case we were flooded, but all was OK and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Another day

We've had a mixture of weather, with some rain most days but also quite a lot of sunshine. Yesterday was glorious, so we set off to find the gypsy market in Lagos, the next town. The gypsy market only takes place on the first Saturday morning of the month, so I was eager not to miss it. We caught... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

A good holiday

Having a good holiday. On Tuesday – Ed's birthday – we walked into the next village, had lunch (fish and chips – how British can you get? We couldn't find any Portuguese food), walked back and rested for the remainder of the day. Yesterday it rained on and off all day, so we slipped out between the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Safe arrival

We arrived safely despite the threatened storms coming up from Portugal - they didn’t materialise. Fabulous apartment, with its own private garden complete with sun loungers, swimming pool and picnic table and chairs, these latter thoughtfully placed on the verandah but under cover, which hints at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

We're off!

Well, it seems OK. Yesterday morning Ed visited the doctor again, who gave him the all-clear for the flight to Portugal. Since we leave at 7.10am from Stansted, and therefore have to be there at the ungodly hour of 5.10am (yes, there is such a time), we're driving down to Stansted after lunch today... Sign in to see full entry.

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A bird's eye view of day-to-day life an a rural Anglican rectory. Meet the villagers. Hear the gossip. Share in the complaints.Be the fly on the wall. Glossary................................................... Benefice - a group of churches, ususally in rural areas, working together. .... Churchwarden - person with main responsibility for running of church. .... ... ... PCC - Parochial Church Council - ruling body of elected members working with the Churchwarden to ensure the upkeep of the building and decide on the worship........... Mardle - a Norfolk word for chat or conversation.

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