7 April 2012
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Yesterday’s Cowley Road Passion Play exceeded all my expectations. We had blue skies and warming sunshine despite the cold, grey, wet weather of the preceding week (and in defiance of the forecasts) and while I had expected a crowd of … Continue reading
6 April 2012
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Good Friday and, at last, the time for the performance of the Cowley Road Passion Play. I now have two roles in the proceedings. In the first couple of scenes I play Judas Iscariot, a simple and non-speaking part. It … Continue reading
23 March 2012
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This morning I made further progress on the website for the Cowley Road Passion Play, finally building in the images I took a couple of weeks ago: There is still more work to do but at least it is heading … Continue reading
15 March 2012
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Today’s birdwatching trip (the last of the series) was to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust place at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. At last a place where there is at least as much to feast the eyes as the ears. All kudos … Continue reading
11 March 2012
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Lidl is a funny sort of place to go grocery shopping; alongside the regular shelves of products they have aisles full of goods that change from week to week. Typically they provide a decent combination of low prices and reasonable … Continue reading
9 March 2012
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My favourite tea shop is so cosily antique that I cannot even find a website directly for it. The nearest I could get to the Wallingford Tea and Coffee Company was an entry in the TouchLocal directory. They do very … Continue reading
8 March 2012
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Last night I joined fellow members of the St Clement’s PCC at a diocesan meeting at St Mary’s, Thame, for people in a similar role. As I wandered into the church I found that I was able to share a … Continue reading
18 February 2012
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Saddle sore? I’m surprised to find the answer is “not really” despite my round trip to Wallingford by bike yesterday (about 25 miles in all). Although my daily commute to work is much shorter, less than a couple of miles … Continue reading
11 February 2012
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I am posting this far too late to be of use to anyone else (closing time was hours ago) but I enjoyed a free oyster today at Haymans. They have had a branch in the Oxford covered market for a … Continue reading
9 February 2012
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We were round with some friends tonight and, coming out to the car, discovered it was snowing heavily. I started brushing off the outside of the car while Jane jumped in to get the engine started. Unfortunately I was a … Continue reading