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The joys of slow travel…

Slow travel or rather no or little travel for this vacation so far is teaching us the benefits of staying in one place (rather than our usual hopping around in the camper van) and we are discovering hidden gems right under our nose. We originally passed through Berck Sur Mer on the French Opal Coast…
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There are a lot of dogs in tonight!..

said the waiter at the restaurant to us. Pardon? Did I hear you right? Yes he repeated.. “There are a lot of dogs in tonight” “There are 2 large ones over there, a large one at the back and 2 smaller dogs at the table over there” “Where would your dog like to sit”? Only…
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When travel plans go wrong…Counting our blessings…

The story of our French adventure continues and we are learning lots as we go and very grateful for God’s wisdom and guidance in lots of ways seen and unseen. We arranged a taxi from the hotel on Saturday morning to take us to the local supermarket, Carrefour where we were told we could hire…
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The wheels have come off the bus…

Well not literally..but the camper van is sadly not well. We left our campsite on Friday to travel south and after 30km the van’s engine suddenly decided to die on us. Fortunately, we were able to safely stop as the engine lost all power and the steering went. In France most things come to a…
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La Belle France..
Morning my lovely readers and fellow bloggers. I am away at the moment on our annual holiday in France. I’m currently sitting in a camping field, drinking tea (can’t miss my morning cuppa) looking at the view and it’s very peaceful. I’ll not be posting my usual blogs whilst away but will share a few…
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Prayer for the week ahead..The Spirit

“And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.” Psalm 51:11Father God, thank you for sending the Holy Spirit to be with us. As David cried out to you, so we cry out today, Do not take your Holy Spirit from us. Let your Holy Spirit lead us, teach us, empower and embolden us and…
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Pentecost..The Paraclete

The Paraclete by my friend Lucy Some years ago, I had a beautiful dream, in which the Lord revealed to me the significance of the Holy Spirit as our paraclete – our comforter and counselor. The word Paraclete is from the Greek “parakletos” “called in aid’, from “para – alongside” and “kletos “from “kalein ‘to call’ In my…
