Life in the Rocking Rectory

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The "Fur and Feathers"

We discovered a new pub recently. Well, we didn't exactly discover it. Friends that we hadn't seen for four years heard that I'd retired and suggested meeting for lunch at the "Fur and Feathers". It's a delightful little Norfolk pub, with its own micro-brewery brewing Woodforde Ales and a little... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

A change at church

Ed and I went to church this morning as usual. It was the first service since I chatted with the rector about beginning to take some part in the services, scheduled to start in December. In a lull in the middle of the service, he suddenly called me out to the front, to introduce me to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A new job...

It happened while I was sitting in church on Sunday. I suddenly realised I was ready to return to work, although in a small and very part-time sort of way. The rector and I were both at the cathedral in the afternoon, for the installation of the new Bishop of Thetford. So I crept up to him (the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 16, 2009

We're home!

Never did find another wi-fi station in Western Scotland. Probably would have found many in Glasgow, but we didn't venture that far. Had a great week with excellent weather - bright sunshine, while the most of England was suffering under rain and floods, apparently. Really awful journey home,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Pirate Pete's

Here I am in Bonnie Scotland, sitting in the adult chill-out zone of Pirate Pete's Play Area while 3-year-old granddaughter charges round like a hyped-up Olympic runner, climbing up and down nets and slides and ropes, sliding down, tumbling over mats, etc. etc. In other words, two hours of perfect... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hazy days

The last few days have passed in a bit of a haze. Ed's kidney stone is on the move, but it's a slow process and unless he keeps sedated up to the eyeballs, is excruciatingly painful. Consequently, he's been dosing up daily and nightly, and the days have passed in a soporific haze. For him, at any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 30, 2009

A good day out

Ed has been very off colour for the last couple of days. His back is quite a lot better, but he seems to have yet another kidney stone hovering, with attendant agonising pain and gut problems. Still, yesterday he took some massively strong painkillers which knocked him out for the day, then he slept... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The saga continues

Yes, you guessed right. Come Monday morning and Ed said, "Hm. My back feels a lot better today. I think I'll just give it another day and see how it goes..." So no visit to the doctor, and he played golf in the rain yesterday. Tweaking a bit last night - surprise,surprise. Still, he had a good... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Going Japanese

Ed has had a bad back for weeks now, but naturally, does nothing about it since it's always going to get better after a rest. It doesn't. Some days it's easier, but others it's worse. Yesterday, he could hardly get out of bed, he was in such pain. We were due to meet our son and our youngest... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Rain...

My cousin came over on Tuesday, together with her daughter and the daughter's partner. My cousin lives in Wales, and about a month ago we went to Wales and stayed the night with my cousin, in order to play golf with her next morning. It rained. We didn't play. My cousin is staying with her daughter,... 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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