The Holly and the Ivy

Day 1 – 22nd December, Gatwick to Bridgetown Barbados My alarm woke me at 05:00. In no rush to get up, I lay there for 15 minutes before struggling out of bed. I showered and [more…]

We are all familiar with the ingredients of the nativity story: the birth of Jesus foretold. The Census of Caesar Augustus (tax censuses were a regular feature of the Roman Empire and a Quirinus was [more…]

At my Pilates class in the village hall this week another participant introduced us to the new Posada which was journeying around the parish. It was a wooden cabinet housing a very pregnant Mary on [more…]