A Fulfilling Day

After an early breakfast I started the day with Morning Prayer at All Saints with the Team Rector and Curate.  It is always a tranquil way to start off and following the half-hour service I drove into Salisbury to attend my LLM Training/Foundation Degree Induction Day at Sarum College.  I arrived early and had coffee with some ordinands who were also attending college today to take part in some child/vulnerable persons protective training.  We started promptly at 10 a.m. with introductions to each other and the course leaders followed by a session on surviving the heavy study and balancing study/life.  A good session led by an LLM in training.   We visited the library and shown the college's resources and were all registered as library users.  After an excellent lunch in the refectory, we walked the mile or so to South Wilts Grammar School for a session on using the online facilities available through Moodle and other resources. After walking back gain the day ended with some general discussions over tea.  It appears that six of us got through the Selection Conference in June as two did not appear today.  Those of us on the course swapped email addresses and other details.  We are from all over the Diocese - from north to south and east to west.  Only I, and one other, are local to the Salisbury area and will have the least travel to our tutorials.  After this long day at college I drove back through the Grimsteads and stopped off at Karryn's where Sara and Mary were having a "South African Afternoon/Evening with a typical South African "braai".  All the families attending, except the Barratts, were South African (i.e. at least one partner came from South Africa).  Quite a bit of Afrikaans was being spoken which sounded strange.  As we sat there sipping wine in the evening twilight we could have imagined we were in the Transvaal.  Tonight we were treated to the most wonderful sunset (see picture).  I stayed on until about 9 p.m. getting home shortly after Sara and Mary.  A very full and fulfilling day today.