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Ffynnongroyw progress

Raised Bed

Two days gardening after each other? Is there a better way to spend ones springtime? Today we planted a small willow coppice (about 80 whips went in) the hedge went in last week.  That should give us enough willow for building structures and craft work in years to come, and soak up plenty of the boggy ground!! On the dry patch the raised bed is coming along nicely – despite there being a small road’s worth of tarmac which had been dumped many years ago.  The beans are itching to be out of their pots, but they will have...

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Flintshare Ffynnongroyw Photo’s

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The Second day of clearing bramble has had a wonderful effect on the site, it looks huge now!  Some of the saplings have come out as well giving us a good idea of the land we have.  Looking forward to the spring…

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Mole and Nest

Mole and Nest

The second work day on the land at Ffynnongroyw produced some wonderful results clearing some more of the land… we also found a mole and a birds nest!

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Random College Entry

  • Eucharist

    I was at St Luke’s yesterday morning. It is quite an Anglo-catholic church and so I was part of the altar party being a sub-deacon or something wearing more robes than I ever thought possible! Anyway, that is not the important part. At the distribution of the elements, I was to give out the bread to half the congregation, while the priest did the other half. It was while giving blessing to those who did not receive and giving the bread to those who did, that I was struck with a sense of not being myself. It was as if I was almost watching myself do this, listening to the words I was saying. As I sat down at the end I felt the full effect of what had happened, the immense privilege it had been to be the one who poured out the grace of God for these people. I realised that it was not in the bread, or in anything to do with me, but in the eyes of those I was giving to, in the reception of something they believed and trusted me capable of giving, something without the grace of God I would not be capable [...]

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