In April I organised a parish trip to the North East. It was a real success – parishioners came together socially, we had a hilarious tour guide possessed of the Irish gift of the blarney (Clare Bowles of local radio fame), the weather was beautiful and our itinerary of Durham, Lindisfarne, and Alnwick Garden was great. Lindisfarne was the highlight for me – stunningly beautiful and somehow exuding a real sense of peace that befits its name ‘Holy Island’. We had a wonderfully informal outdoor Mass sitting round the statue of St. Aidan next to Lindisfarne priory – nice to feel our Celtic roots!
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