I celebrated the Eucharist with five others this morning. As it's half term, several regulars were away. We were expecting an ex-colleague of Clare's and his family for lunch, but they had to cancel at the last minute, so we ate half of the special vegan recipe quiche Clare cooked to try out for the occasion, and will be able to enjoy the other half later in the week, since it proved to be a success.
After a siesta, there was work to do on preparing the orders of service for next weeks funerals, then I went into town and took a few more photos of the St David's site, as the very last bay of the building had been reduced to half its height since yesterday, and the last section of scaffolding surrounding it was being dismantled. A huge mound of rubble remains to be cleared, but I noticed when I peeked through the gate at the east end of the site that half has already been cleared to ground level.
Quietly, each working day a fleet of lorries plies discreetly to and fro, slipping into the stream of city buses using the narrow streets north of Wood Street as their turning circle and stop-over spot when changing drivers. Despite occasional hiccups and delays, the bus services out of the city centre keep running, and demolition detritus keeps moving away to landfill, an impressive feat of organisation. A couple of weeks more and the site will be flat and empty, ready for turning into a public open space with trees and paving. Then perhaps, work on the new bus station will start in earnest.
In the evening, we watched a S4C programme of highlights from the Urdd Eisteddfod performances of the day. Hundreds of children from Welsh language schools all over Wales, mostly in small groups, enthusiastically singing their hearts out with expressive shining eyes. What a delight!
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