Its been several weeks now that we have become more careful about how we live our lives. Valerie who hasn’t yet been introduced here works in the Prison Service as a teacher. On Tuesday of last week the department of Justice sent her home and she’s been working even more conscientiously than usual since then. 
It’s been a longtime
It’s been a long time since I thought about writing something here. I was out walking with Valerie (that’s another story) the other day and she said she had been thinking of writing a blog.
I told her I had several blogs that had been written over some time and I’d dig out something for her…..
Here we are now using WordPress rather than my original app “Blogger”. I would have used blogger but it isn’t available on a Chromebook!!? Can you believe that? Its a Google app for heavens sake. Anyway, here I am picking up a thread after many years on this particular blog. In that time I moved to Norwich and lived in two rental properties before coming to my current address where I live with Valerie and Bob the cat
So, here we are on 30th March 2020 starting all over again
2019 06 : Capel Curig holiday
This was our second holiday in North Wales staying in Capel Curig. We invited friends who we had met in Morrocco to join us. The weather was forecast to be mainly wet but it was glorious
2019 06 : Watkin path up Snowdon, Llanberis down. A serious walk.
This walk started as a glorious bright but damp day. Val and I decided to do this route up to the peak of Snowdon because it was reported as the hardest and we though we should give it a go. We got about half way up before the mist came down on us and it was a little scary
The Morocco Tour 2109
Madeira 2019
Unfortunately the tour of Madeira has come to an end. We had a lovely time and were surprised by the good weather. The hotel was excellent. We were upgraded on arrival to a small suite which suited us very well.
2018 09 : Zante, Zakynthos, Greece
Zante was our first holiday in the sun and we were lucky enough to share a few days of it with Chris and Alice who flew out ahead of us.
2018 06 : Capel Curig, Snowdonia, North Wales
My first visit to Capel Curig but not by any means my first to North Wales. As some reading this will know I used to part own a facility in Bala. Thats another story.
2014-07-07 The Tour de France prepares to leave Cambridge (Stage 3)
This morning I drove into Cambridge and parked at the Park and Ride on Newmarket Road. The bus didn’t go to its usual stop as much of the City was closed off for the start of the race and we were dropped on Maids Causeway, a small walk from Parkers Piece where “The Tour” was set up to sign in all the riders. All the riders have to sign in every day before riding and we saw them all come onto the stage to do their duty.
The centre of Cambridge can’t ever of seen so many people. The organisation apparently had said they had never seen such large crowds as they have seen over the last three days. I could hardly see a thing as it was just so crowded but the atmosphere was just incredible. After the riders had signed in I made my way to outside John Lewis where I saw even less!!!
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Sunday 6th July 2014
Today I attended church in Bury St Edmunds at The West Suffolk Vineyard Church. I went by myself after rising early at 6.00 to feed and great “the dogs”. I didn’t breakfast as I was busy uploading pictures from a Baptism service yesterday afternoon. I had taken 181 pictures and you can see them on here below.
Going to church has become a comfort and a friend. The community has become mine with many people there giving me a feeling of belonging. Its good to see people who always smile and are pleased to see me and talk. I thoroughly enjoy it and gain strength from it.
On arrival I had barely got through the door when one of our chief pastors came and “grabbed” me to ask me if I would accept the job of photographing an event next Friday. The church is having a social evening of “Calypso” music and food and around one hundred people have bought tickets. I was grateful to accept the commission from Louise as I will enjoy the task.
Several others took the time to ask how I was and genuinely showed concern for me. I find that lovely.
The service followed its usual format with singing, announcements and teaching. The teaching was delivered by the previous chief pastor and it was well considered and well delivered, very thought provoking. It was about taking the word of Jesus into the community and bringing people into the light of God. I always seem to find myself doubting I have the calling although I have no trouble talking to new people wherever I meet them.
After the service I left in the rain and drove home by myself to let the dogs out, eat lunch and watch the British Grand Prix. It was a good race with Lewis Hamilton being triumphant.
I then took the dogs out for an hours walk as the rain had stopped and everything was drying out.
All this time I thought about my cousin Margaret in Cleethorpes who has just lost her husband Carroll. Carroll is being buried on Friday afternoon at 3pm. I asked Margaret if she had spoken to my father about it and she told me she had but she did not expect him to come as at 96 it would be too much of a journey for him to undertake. I told her I would have been quite happy to bring him but that as he wasn’t having any communication with me and not responding to any of my letters.
I was going to go to the evening service in Bury but I’m feeling lonely and it seems wrong just to go because I need company. Loneliness is a terrible thing. Is it wrong to want to be in the company of people who want to have your company?
Val and Peter Ball are ....... 