No Wednesday Eucharist to celebrate today. School's back, and the first of the term time 'class Masses' takes place, and Fr Dean is taking this on board from the start.
I've been feeling mentally tired this past few days, so I didn't feel like going in to the office. Instead, Clare and I took a brisk walk up the Taff Trail to Whitchurch aiming to see the newly restored Melingriffith Water pump. We certainly needed the exercise, as we were both somewhat out of condition, and were beginning to feel joint pains by the time we reached the road where the pump is sited. Just then the local circular bus came by. We stopped to look at it and it stopped for us! So we didn't get to see the pump, but took a ride into Whitchurch Village and had a cup of coffee from a nice little takeaway shop while we waited for the 24 bus into town. We had lunch in the new Pipi's café, soon to add a Greek restaurant to its excellent food fare offer, then went for a little browse around the shops before returning home.
After supper I booked flights for us to Alicante for a week's half term break, since Anto's apartment is free for us to use. It's hard to believe that we were last there over two years ago. That time has flown by so quickly. Our first visit there was in October during the grape harvest ten years ago. It's not so fiercely hot, and that should make it more tolerable to spend time watching flamingos and other birds in the local natural park behind the shore line on the southern side of the port - while wearing a shirt.
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