Sheila Bridge Blog
Last week I heard a sermon on the parable of the watchful servants. (Luke 12:35-38). The story goes like this: the servants of a household stay up till 3 or 4 in the morning so as not to be caught 'napping' by the master of the household. The traditional interpretation is 'Don't get caught napping' or,... Continue Reading →
'When you come to a fork in the road, take it' Yogi Brennan. This brilliant, pithy piece of wisdom has been hugely sustaining for me over the last week or so. I only came across it last week on a retreat day but it seems to sum up much of the journey I have been... Continue Reading →
As promised here is a quick summary of 'how' I set up this bike ride and it is also an award page for all the lovely, lovely places and people I found to visit, meet, eat and stay with. The route: this was purchased from http://www.bikeadventures.co.uk/ and they made all the bookings for the B and... Continue Reading →
Yesterday the weather was grim but my spirits were high. Today began the other way round. I was awake most of the night with a dicky tummy from something I ate yesterday. After several trips to the loo I finally got a little sleep between 3 and 4 am but then woke up feeling grim... Continue Reading →
The word in the photo says it all: slow progress today. Wind plus rain plus hills. The good thing about the wind/rain combination in Wales is that often it rains only as fast as the wind dries you so you stay the same level of damp all day. This happy balance lasted till the 2pm... Continue Reading →
I'm in welsh Wales - all the signs are bilingual. Though I never saw a 'welcome to Wales' sign but then my route has mostly been on tiny country roads, single track. Yesterday specialised in farm yards, not a single pub but maybe 8 farmyards complete with barking dogs and lots of cow pats. My... Continue Reading →
The route directions said "undulating". Huh! "Blinky hilly" more like. No where were the words 'steep climb' featured but tomorrow's route is littered with this lovely phrase - oh joy. Anyway the sun shone, a morning coffee stop and an afternoon tea stop appeared as if by magic at just the moment I was hoping... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I put my shorts on the wrong way round without noticing and it was downhill from there on in (if only). I have come to love the words 'road descends' - maybe the fens weren't so bad after all. Challenge 1: eight mile hilly chunk of journey omitted from directions, grrr! Challenge 2: very... Continue Reading →
Should have packed (no) scratch mitts! Too weary to write tonight. Here's the only photo I took today. I'm heading in that direction now, taking the anti histamines and hoping for a better night. I was awake at 2 am this morning eating cake - it was all I had and I was hungry! Been... Continue Reading →
Oh dear! Today I got eaten. A huge swarm of carnivorous mozzies attacked me, horrible! Slapping all my limbs like a very bad morris dancer, I got 3 of the beggars and they were full of blood already - mine! Ouch. On the upside, I was bought lunch. Very handy to have a sister and... Continue Reading →
