Spring Harvest - Day 6

A sad day - we are leaving Minehead this afternoon to return to Winterslow. Usually everything seems so flat when we get back. I spent the first part of the morning ferrying our cases and other stuff - including all the books and resources we had accumulated - to the car park - some 400 yards away. This entailed about three round trips! We went into the Big Top for the last time and heard Chick Yuill talk - he is a Scottish Salvationist we is another very amusing though thought-provoking speaker. This was followed by a mass communion where we shared loaves of bread and drank grape juice. The session ended with some fabulous worship music from Vicky Beeching and her group. We left Spring Harvest and Butlins with these wonderful songs ringing around in our heads. Fortunately, we've bought a few CDs with the music on them so we can enjoy them off site. We had lunch at our now usual fish and chip restaurant in Minehead town centre with Klynn, Susan and family and then spent a little time on the beach. We split up into two groups, Klynn, I, Tom, Samuel, Esme and Erin went to play adventure (crazy) golf back in Butlin's and Sara, Susan, Maeve and Mary set about digging a big hole in the sand. We finally left Minehead at about 4 p.m. and drove back to Wiltshire via Bridgwater (Sara's birthplace), Street, Glastonbury, Frome and Warminster. We stopped off at Amesbury for some essential shopping including some curry meals for supper tonight. We have had a great time and I have decided that next year I will not only come with the family but also offer my services helping out during another week - either as a steward or in admin. I have got so much out of spring Harvest over the years and would really like to put something back.