It rained again in the night and I found myself keep waking up. Really couldn't get a good night's sleep with so much going round and round in my head. Eventually did fall asleep and woke up at 7.30 a.m. - in fact Sara brought in tea this morning. I decided that even with the bad weather I needed to get some exercise and go for a long walk. Sara took Mary into Wilton today to attend a days "gym camp" for her to practise her gymnastics. I set off with walking boots, warm socks, trekking pole and waterproof jacket and hat to walk the 2.5 miles circuit to East Winterslow and back. Just as I left the house it started raining again but it was light and refreshing. Arriving at Hill Farm in East Winterslow the light rain turned into a torrential downpour. I sheltered temporarily in the mouth of an open garage but deciding that it wasn't going to let up and wanting to start on the journey back I braved the elements and carried on walking. I got drenched! However, I could do nothing other than carry on and over an hour later I arrived back home. Not a very swift walk but after a shower and a hot cup of coffee I felt quite refreshed and invigorated. I sat down to write some letters and quickly called in at Truffles where I had another coffee with our curate, Andrew, and one of the Baptist deacons, David. I then drove over to Amesbury to take some bottles and cardboard to the recycling plant and on the way back ran into a huge hail storm. The weather really is appalling at the moment. More letters were written this afternoon and I set about putting all my diary appointments onto my iPad so as not to forget any. If I can keep up with putting appointments on it, it will become a very useful tool. Taking them off my pocket church diary I was struck by the fact that currently I do not have any engagements on a Sunday in it! This will of course change when I start my placement.
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