Author: VW Wandering Vicar
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The best laid plans of mice and men…
First published 15th May 2023 Last week (w/c 7th May) my attention began to turn towards the journeying part of my sabbatical. I’ve rested and relaxed, visited mum and dad, caught up with friends for coffee and beer, now is the time to get serious, get to the holy bit – the pilgrimage. As I…
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ST Paul’s Cathedral – part one
First published 22nd May 2023 There is a brilliant book called “How to keep your VW alive” which is essential reading for any classic VW owner. It was written and beautifully illustrated in the 70’s by a hippy, John Muir. John disapproves of you just jumping in your VW and driving straight off. He has…
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ST Paul’s Cathedral – part two
First published 24th May 2023 When I told my mum and dad that I was going to be ordained at St Paul’s cathedral they were really excited. But two weeks before the service mum called me and asked “Your service thingy, where is it?” “My ordination, mum, it’s at St Paul’s Cathedral” I replied. “Are…
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Ely part one
First published 28th May 2023 Following on from the excitement of London it was good to be back in Cambridge for the Ely leg of the pilgrimage. Family commitments and goings on meant It was he lpful to be at home this week. As I was home I could help my youngest daughter with her…
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Ely part two
First published 28th May 2023 The Dean of Ely had asked if I could come to evensong the night before presiding at the Eucharist, so that afterwards we could go through what happens at 8am Friday. I was told I could park in the south car park, I wasn’t sure which car park this was…
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Oh Oh..
First published 1st June 2023 Saturday morning I wrote up the blog for the week and decided to tackle the oil leak before the long trip up to Durham. Molly needs her oil change d every 3,000 miles and was a job I’d planned to do before the trip even started, but problems with the…
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Durham Part one
First published 7th June 2023 To Durham Cathedral, if I went the most direct route, is 218 miles, turns out that the slightly less direct way I took in Molly was 311! This is a long way for a 40 year camper van, so I decided to break the journey into manageable chunks. There was…
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Durham part two
First published 8th June 2023 On Sunday the church I was glad I went to, was St Paul’s in Spennymoor. It’s where I did a two year placement when I was a student at Cranmer hall, 25 years ago. The service that morning was a new monthly non eucharistic, all age service they had just…
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Carlisle part one
First published 11th June 2023 Caroline, who I’d been at college with, sent me a message saying that I would go past her house on the way to Carlisle from Durham, she lives in Swaledale (All creatures great and small country), and I’d be welcome to stay on her drive. I decided that it would…
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Carlisle Part two
First published 11th June 2023 Unfortunately, I had a terrible night’s sleep next to Carlisle Cathedral. Throughout the night the branches of the trees kept tap tapping on Mollys roof and then, as dawn broke on Wednesday morning about 5am I was woken by an unholy row outside. Nervous that it might be the ‘wanderers’…
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