What a wonderful celebration today - the River Thames Pageant to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. I started my day by driving over to Alderbury to attend a special Jubilee Day Service at Alderbury Village Hall led by Elizabeth which took the form of cafe church. Coffee and biscuits to start with the congregation sitting at tables. A good range of well-known hymns and Elizabeth took several of the Queen's Christmas messages over the years for us to reflect upon. There were about 60-70 people present from all denominations and we enjoyed a very free and relaxed atmosphere. There was Union Flag bunting everywhere. Bill M, bless him, gave me his ticket to Brother Yun's lecture at the Godolphin School on Wednesday night. what a kind and thoughtful man and such a selfless act on his part. He insisted that I took it as he thought that I would get a great deal more out of the talk than he would as he had already read Brother Yun's book - about Christian persecution in China. They are such lovely people in Alderbury and seemed genuinely delighted that I was going to join them on Wednesday. Back home, I was glued to watching the river pageant on television - a really fantastic spectacle. The only downside was the torrential rain which accompanied it later on. I had to take Mary and Izzy over to Winterbourne Gunner Cricket Club later that afternoon to the Winterbournes Fete where she was in the cheerleading demonstration team. A colourful experience again with a Jubilee theme. The country seems alive with patriotism. The day ended with a couple of pints in the Lion's Head with James. Richard is currently away in Cornwall and then Yorkshire. I had hoped that James could have joined me for the cricket tomorrow at the Rose Bowl but Sam is unwell and he has to drive to Berkshire to pick up his son. A really satisfying day today. Tom watched some of the pageant but preferred to spend his time on his computer in his room where he is building a virtual model of
Titanic.
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