We all had to get up early this morning as the family were acting as sidespersons at the 9.30 a.m. All Age Eucharist service in All Saints. The service was taken by Jane Dunlop who conducted a really lovely service. Instead of intercessions we wrote our prayers on a long strip of paper which were then all linked together to make a long chain. The theme of the service was slavery and Mary acted a a "slave" during Jane's presentation talk. At the end of the service we quickly gathered up the books etc. and not stopping for coffee or chats dash back home to get all the picnic things ready for our day at Fontwell Races. The Sussex Freemasons had orgnaised a Family Fun Day at the Races and we were going to link up with fellow Wiltshire Freemason Lee and his family and our good friends Paul, Sian and Simon. We arrived about 12.15 p.m. and had a picnic in the car park. Lee and Paul and their families joined us a little later and we all went into the course. The Freemasons had a smart marquee erected with a "posh" lunch but we had cheap entry into the family enclosure where there was a petting zoo, funfair, penalty shoot-out stall, and many many other side stalls. We all found a spot in the main grandstand where we stayed all afternoon. Each of us (apart from Simon) had a win. Mary won £8 and Tom £12 so they were pretty please. I also won £10 so, in effect, the day only cost us our fuel. At the last race there was a dead cert. at 1/3 on and in the last furlong it was in the lead. Just short of the winning post, underneath where we were standing, it suddenly veered off towards the stables, threw the jockey and smashed into the rails clearly shocking the people stood on the rails. A rank outsider, at 14-1 against won the race. A delight to the bookies no doubt! We arrived back home at 7.30 p.m. and Klynn called round with some whiskey and a passport application for Samuel for me to countersign. He stayed about an hour chatting. We watched an interesting programme this evening about a real life couple living in Poole who had been stalked called U Be Dead. Quite an alarming story and unbelievable story. I had to look it up on the Internet to be convinced that it was, in fact, true. Went to bed feeling quite tired and achy. Hope it isn't the 'flu.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
A Day at the Races
We all had to get up early this morning as the family were acting as sidespersons at the 9.30 a.m. All Age Eucharist service in All Saints. The service was taken by Jane Dunlop who conducted a really lovely service. Instead of intercessions we wrote our prayers on a long strip of paper which were then all linked together to make a long chain. The theme of the service was slavery and Mary acted a a "slave" during Jane's presentation talk. At the end of the service we quickly gathered up the books etc. and not stopping for coffee or chats dash back home to get all the picnic things ready for our day at Fontwell Races. The Sussex Freemasons had orgnaised a Family Fun Day at the Races and we were going to link up with fellow Wiltshire Freemason Lee and his family and our good friends Paul, Sian and Simon. We arrived about 12.15 p.m. and had a picnic in the car park. Lee and Paul and their families joined us a little later and we all went into the course. The Freemasons had a smart marquee erected with a "posh" lunch but we had cheap entry into the family enclosure where there was a petting zoo, funfair, penalty shoot-out stall, and many many other side stalls. We all found a spot in the main grandstand where we stayed all afternoon. Each of us (apart from Simon) had a win. Mary won £8 and Tom £12 so they were pretty please. I also won £10 so, in effect, the day only cost us our fuel. At the last race there was a dead cert. at 1/3 on and in the last furlong it was in the lead. Just short of the winning post, underneath where we were standing, it suddenly veered off towards the stables, threw the jockey and smashed into the rails clearly shocking the people stood on the rails. A rank outsider, at 14-1 against won the race. A delight to the bookies no doubt! We arrived back home at 7.30 p.m. and Klynn called round with some whiskey and a passport application for Samuel for me to countersign. He stayed about an hour chatting. We watched an interesting programme this evening about a real life couple living in Poole who had been stalked called U Be Dead. Quite an alarming story and unbelievable story. I had to look it up on the Internet to be convinced that it was, in fact, true. Went to bed feeling quite tired and achy. Hope it isn't the 'flu.
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