Thursday, 22 May 2008
Can we really improve on everything?
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Random Ramblings of a Village Vicar
Random Ramblings of a Village Vicar
My name is Frances Wookey and I am Vicar of nine churches in rural South Worcestershire. I have lots of wonderful friends and colleagues in the parishes which I care for, and really enjoy the variety of every day in parish ministry. I am also very privileged to be an Honorary Canon of the beautiful Cathedral in Worcester.
I started this blog in 2008 when I spent 3 months travelling abroad on study leave. The name derived not only from the fact that I was visiting pilgrimage sites all over Europe, but also that we are all pilgrims on a journey, even if we never step outside our own front door. So, though I am now back home, I still consider myself to be a 21st century pilgrim. Just as when I was travelling, this is a record of my thoughts about things that I encounter on my journey - some serious, some not.
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- Home Sweet Home!
- On the deck!
- Waiting to get on the ferry
- Heading back to England
- Modern stained glass window
- Entrance to St Peters
- Church of St Peter
- A less attractive image
- A lovely statue
- The interior of the church
- The church of St Hilaire
- More churches on the pilgrim route
- A night in Limoges
- A place of prayer
- View facing the other way
- View of the town from the chapel
- Chapel on the edge of the town
- Can we really improve on everything?
- Straight out of a story book
- Up in the gods
- Abbey interior
- The Last Judgement
- In the shadow of the abbey
- Where we are staying
- Conques
- Another church in Toulouse
- The tomb
- The nave of the Basilica
- Basilica of St Sernin in Tours
- A shady character in Toulouse
- The one that got away
- The church at O Cebreiro
- Modern statue of a Templar
- Templar church next to the castle
- Almost impregnable walls
- And a good view of the river
- They could see the whole area
- The Templar castle at Ponferrada
- The church of Our Lady at Sahagun
- A milestone on the Pilgrims Way
- The tomb of El Cid
- High Altar at Burgos
- The sacristy in Burgos Cathedral
- Two more ancient items
- Very ancient pieces
- This model gives an idea of the size
- Burgos Cathedral
- A final resting place
- Carried all the way from Germany
- Ornate altar in another church
- Church of San Pedro, Puenta la Reina
- A street in Puenta la Reina
- The bridge viewed from the modern one along the river
- My last stop on the Pilgrim Route
- Where we stayed last night
- Bells on display in the cloister
- Some of the carving in the entrance
- Shell carved into the Cathedral wall
- View from the steps of the Cathedral
- Third time lucky
- 9th century church at O cebreiro
- Back on the Pilgrim route
- I now know why people walk to Santiago!
- Santiago Cathedral
- Pilgrims arrive at Compostela!
- I've reached Santander
- A newly built mosque
- These caves are used as a concert hall
- Watching us watching them!
- Some were more sociable
- The apes
- View from the Rock
- The most southerly lighthouse in Europe
- Nor that!
- That's not a dolphin
- Out looking for dolphins
- Yet another sort of pilgrimage
- Back on British territory
- Flowers in a pool
- A delightful restoration
- The city walls
- The gardens
- The palace in Cordoba
- Flowers outside the houses too
- Open gardens - Spanish style
- A peaceful place
- A typically Spanish Madonna
- More fabulous treasure
- The Cross of Christ among the Islamic arches
- A church in a mosque
- Fabulous Moorish decoration in the Mezquita
- No longer palms
- The Mezquita
- Greetings from soggy Cordoba!
- Off on my travels again
- Don't tell Boris!
- An international city
- Aladdin's cave?
- High pressure sales in Tangier
- The old city
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