Launde Abbey, where I have spent the last two days....just beautiful..there were 16 of us, from all over the country, all of us have been in the same job for over 5 years and this overnight stay was a bit of a treat from the national organisation...lunchtime one day to lunch the next just wasn't long enough..none of us knew each other, but during the informal evening session began to get to know each other, and share personal stuff..16 women of similar ish ages, similar characters cos of the work we do (caring, sharing, or just nosey cows, work it out) so stuff about..let me see..men, parents, children started coming out,,what else!!! By lunchtime next day, over breakfast and coffee breaks more personal stuff was being shared by a few of us, but then after lunch, time to go...just as we had connected..I think they should have given us 2 nights and more chance to chill and talk......
It was a lvoely Christian retreat centre, you could tell that cos there was a notice in the bedroom asking you to change your own sheets in the morning.....there was a notice blue tacked in the corridor, saying, 'Silence, God at work.' Of course I am comfortable with a venue full of religious icons ie more notices than anything else, but some or not, and to my amusement I found the trainer bluetacking some paper over the 'Silence' notice because someone had found it offensive.....
It was almost too hot to work in the workshops but some of the time I escaped to the orchard and lay under a tree when solitary thinking was required. I could have laid there for ever.......
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Welcome home...so glad it was good. The boys and I have just had a pub lunch with Caroline...at one point, J nearly sat on C's drink and was advised not to, to avoid damp bottoms.
Then C and I laughed alot and looked for you...but you weren't there :-(
Thought I'd sent you a bon voyage post before your departure, but it must have been eaten by ravening puter...and now you're back. AND it's Friday. Good news all round :-)
sounds liek a wonderful opportunity to not quite unwind...definetly 2 full days next time. glad you didn't stay in the orcahrd for ever tho. youd get a bit bruised come the harvest, and i doubt you had an internet connection so we'd ahve missed you...
and for pity's sake there are 8 or 9 characters in your verification this time. i don't know i can never pick the letters out when they're that big. i'm sure it measn something meaningul but i think i'll click refresh a few times instead...
Welcome home Sally!
Missed you ;-)
Oh and is liek the new in way of spelling like?
I lvoe and liek you all vey much.
Is vey the new way of spelling very?? Vey southern and vey posh...
wish to hell i could type proper words properly liek.
but what fun would that be?
All sounds good to me, though good breaks are always too short !! Welcome home - belatedly :-)
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