Sold!

Sold a load of stuff at the fête on Saturday, but brought a load home too. The churchwarden of the next church to hold a fête – on Saturday – came this morning with an estate car which we loaded to the rafters (do estate cars have rafters? Do any cars, come to that? But you get the picture.) Happily, this parish also runs jumble sales during the year, so will keep any unsold junk to recycle at other times.

Got rid of the contents of two filing cabinets yesterday. Started shredding, but it was so time-consuming and tedious that in the end Ed built a bonfire and we burned the lot. Very satisfying.

Had my last Governors’ Meeting at one of the primary schools last night, and am just off to my last Trustees Meeting of one of the many trusts with which I’m associated merely by dint of being Rector. They didn’t tell me when I came here ten years ago, that the Rector was automatically one of the Trustees for about fifteen trusts in the different villages. I soon found out.

After that I have an open-air funeral. very unusual, this, whatever you may see at the movies. Usually the service takes place in church, followed by a short time at the grave (about ten seconds – I exaggerate only slightly) for the final committal. But this family want the whole service at the grave. I use the word ‘family’ loosely. There is no family, just a solicitor and as far as I can make out, one friend who is coming down from London. Apparently the husband’s service was at the graveside, but as he was an atheist, I wasn’t involved in that. The wife was an Anglican, so they want a Christian service for her. Fortunately the sun is shining and it’s a blazing hot day, but it will still be a brief service. Folks don’t like to stand listening for too long.

Then it’s the last Alpha of this course, although we are going to meet again on Thursday to talk about homosexuality, at the group’s request. That should be fun. Actually I’ve really enjoyed these Alpha meetings, since the food has been terrific, the venue amazing and we’ve had some great discussions.

Busy time, though. Off now to the next meeting. See you again soon.

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