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| The year started with lots of rain and the Vicarage garden was flooded |
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| But a week's retreat at Lee Abbey, Devon, helped |
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| Lee Abbey is a beautiful place and well worth a visit |
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| The beach at Lee Abbey |
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| Waterfall down the road near the beach at Lee Abbey |
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| A visit to my mother's in February |
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| The fields near my mothers in Suffolk |
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| Spring was approaching and some beautiful sunsets started occuring |
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| In April Cathy and I went on holiday in South Dorset |
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| Durdle Door |
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| Cathy doing her French Lieutenant Woman's look on the cob at Lyme Regis |
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| The Dorset coastline was magnificent |
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| Back in Whitstable and the weather turned misty |
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| Seasalter beach in the mist |
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| Suffolk countryside in May |
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| In May a group from the church visited the Black Forest region of Germany as part of our partnership with the German churches there |
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| This was the closing service for our trip to Germany |
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| Back at the Vicarage the garden was looking really beautiful |
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| And the Kent countryside was at its best. These coming photos are from a walk I did with Beth from Wye to Chilham where I got lost due to the badly managed footpaths. |
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| Moody skies back in Whitstable |
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| Daphne's Birthday on May 28th when she reached the grand age of 88. She is still at the nursing home Tralee in Whitstable and doing quite well. |
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| A glass of wine at the Vicarage! |
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| In August I did a solo walk from Whitstable to Dover around the coast to raise money for our church organ fund. Thank you to all those who sponsored me. These photos are from the walk. |
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| Reculver |
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| Vandalism at Margate |
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| The beautiful Kingsgate Bay |
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| Broadstairs |
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| Ramsgate Harbour |
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| Deal |
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| A beautiful stretch between Deal and Dover |
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| Arrival at Dover |
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| In September Cathy and I purchased a cottage in the Lake District which we were staying in as the sale went through. It is in the middle of this large building above and it is the center one of the cottages below |
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| https://www.cumbrian-cottages.co.uk/northern-lakes/thornthwaite-braithwaite/harriets-hideaway-cc114156 |
Do click on the link above to visit the website for the cottage. Let us know if you are interested in booking as we may be able to give you a reduction depending on what time of the year you are interested in and how many other friends and family book with us. tillotsons@gmail.com
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| All in all a good year. Cathy continued to work for Canterbury College and work for the RSPCA also as well as volunteer at various animal places. Work at All Saints and St Peter's has been going well on the whole. There are always challenges but I feel All Saints is going in the right direction. St Peter's has significant challenges but is likely to be used as a Post Office for some of 2016 and this may help its outreach to the community. |
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| If you are in Whitstable on Christmas Eve please do call by for a glass of wine from 9pm before our Midnight Communion service which starts at 11.15pm. Full details of our services can be found at www.allsaintswhitstable.com and www.stpeterswhitstable.org.uk |
