Cub Camp

  This past weekend I was on Cub Camp, the many bug bites on my ankles pay testament to this.

 I thought I'd share a few of the pictures, none of the Kids, from the weekend.

 We had dramatic skys the whole time we were there. 

 This leaf was caught in a spider's web!

 The Kids had a go at Archery..

 ... And Grass Sledging!

 In the evening we had a campfire with the Guide group next door.

 And it was followed by a magnificent sunrise.

 I particularly like this shot of the refelection in the kettle

 On the second day we took them for a walk along the beach and back up through the forest. We all had a wonderful time.

Linking up to Tuesday Tips & Pics @ Live.Love.Travel and Skywatch Friday.

In other news happy 47th birthday to J.K.Rowling.


Rowen

London 2012: Day Three

Medals so far:


Gold:         0
Silver:       1
Bronze:     2


Medals today:


Gold:         0
Silver:       0
Bronze:     1


Place Overall:   20


Bronze in Gymnastics - Artistic, Men's Team, Won by Louis Smith, Sam Oldham, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock and Dan Purvis who must have found it frustrating that the Japanese questioned a decision and were given a score which moved them from fourth to second and moving Team GB down a place.


The Gymnastics was my highlight of the day particularly the faultless Vault by Kristian Thomas.


Enjoy the Games!


Rowen

London 2012: Day Two

Medals so far:


Gold:        0
Silver:      1
Bronze:    1


Medals today:


Gold:        0
Silver:      1
Bronze:    1


Place overall:  16


Silver in Cycling - Women's Road Race, 1st British Medal, Won by Elizabeth Armitstead.


Bronze in Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle, Won by Rebecca Adlington.


The most amazing thing for me today was when Ruta Meilutyte won her Semi for the Women's 100m Breastroke by a full
bodylength. It was some amazing swimming.

Sorry for those of you who aren't interested in the Olympics, 

but this is my place where I'll be keeping track of how my country's doing.

Enjoy the Games!

Rowen

Leviticus 25:13

'In the Year of the Jubilee you must each go back to your own property.'

It'll be good to be home this evening after spending the weekend on Cub Camp.

linking up to Your Sunday Best @ A Rural Journal.

Rowen

Book Beginnings: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus - John Gray

'A week after our daughter Lauren was born, my wife Bonnie and I were completely exhausted.'


I'm not sure quite what to make of this beginning except perhaps that it's the reason behind why the book was written? This would make sense as it's in the introduction.


Linking up to Book Beginnings @ Rose City Reader.


I'm away this weekend so it may take me a while to respond to people.


Rowen

Canterbury Cathedral

This is the final of four posts I've done about my holiday in Kent. To see the others follow the links at the end of the post.

 Canterbury Church is the home of the head of the Church of England. And it's possibly the oldest Christian religious site in England with some form of worship being held there as early as the 3rd Century.

It's a beautiful building filled with amazing medieval architecture and so many wonderful stained glass windows.

There are in places wall paintings, which are very old art, superbly preserved for everyone to see and enjoy.

This candle marks the place of the altar which was laid to commemorate Thomas Beckett, the Archbishop who was murdered in his place of work. When the Reformation came and Henry VIII had a lot of the work torn down the altar was removed, a candle has been burning on the spot pretty much ever since.

Of course there's grafitti, some of it's really old, this one from 1704 was the oldest we could find hence the picture, but there's probably older grafitti which hasn't been dated.

This was my favourite window in the building, and I don't really feel like my picture's done it justice. 

I'm linking up to Tuesday Tips & Pics @ Live.Love.Travel only a day late.


Rowen