What an amazing day – for all of
Great Britain. The weather was again
extremely hot reaching 29.7 degrees in Bournemouth where Mary and Sara spent
the day at the National Cheerleading Competition – Streetz came fifth in their
class – not enough for an award but better than I think they had imagined. I conducted and preached at the 11 a.m.
Morning Worship service at Pitton – a full church with about 13 children
present. A wonderful atmosphere with the
joyful sound of children enjoying themselves.
I really did enjoy taking this service and the congregation seemed to be
very attentive to my sermon. There was a
good feel factor and the children were wonderful – going out into the sunshine
and visiting the “Jewish Village” as part of their lesson about the sending out
of the 70 (or is it 72) disciples. I got
home in good time to watch sporting history being made – Andy Murray beating
Novak Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British man to win the
Wimbledon Men’s Singles since Fred Perry in 1936 – 77 years ago and he did it
on 7/7/2013. The last woman to win the
singles title was Virginia Wade in 1977 – how coincidental is that! A really fantastic feel good factor today –
all around. I once more grilled some
burgers on the BBQ which Thom and I ate for supper. Mary and Sara didn’t return until quite late
tonight. After the awards ceremony at
the BIC they went to Mudeford and spent some time on the beach enjoying the
cool water and breeze eating pizzas. Sara
remarked how much she enjoyed it down at Mudeford and I told her how we, as
children, had stayed there for two consecutive years in the 1960s. The only difference
is that the trolleybuses have now gone from the Bournemouth scene. We have decided that although we have
Bournemouth on our doorstep we don’t visit it as often as we could. Ended the day sitting in the garden drinking Doombar beer with Richard - a cheaper alternative to going the pub and an opportunity for a private natter and to drink our favourite beer.
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