Visiting

Much visiting has been done this week. I have been to stay with Joy which was much fun, we even went to fellowship at her church together which was lovely. We also went for a walk down the canal and smelt some lovely curry sauce/other brewing at the Robertson's factory. We then went for a walk around the Moravian settlement in Manchester which was very interesting and beautiful too, it has been well maintained and the Georgian architecture is stunning. We read a little about the Moravians in the window of the church hall building which was interesting, I hadn't even heard of them until recently, I read a little about them in the story of 24-7 prayer and then a friend of a friend is a Moravian too. So it was quite interesting all in all.

After staying at Joy's we came up to Lancaster together to see Martyn Joseph and Show of Hands in concert. We are fans of MJ and so knew what to expect and were not disappointed. I am always overawed by the full sound that he can produce from just one guitar and his voice. After the interval was Show of Hands (it was their concert to be fair, but I know of many people who came just to see MJ and Show of Hands was a bonus), and they were fantastic. I had bought one of their CDs off the internet before the concert having listened to a bit of their stuff on their website. They are a very clever musical group with many different stringed instruments with beautiful harmonies. I was most impressed by the lady, Miranda, who clearly had a very strong voice and yet held it back most of the time to allow it to blend with the other voices.

After the concert I drove up to Silverdale to stay in the caravan with my mum, dad and sister for a couple of nights. I didn't take my sleeping bag, having expected my mum to have packed it seeing as she knew I was staying, but she hadn't. So I spent two nights sleeping under my mum and dad's duvet cover (they had the duvet), my sister's camp blanket and a couple of towels... yes, interesting indeed!

I then drove back down to Lancaster to stay with Sarah and Kieron which is where I am now. Having much fun and playing on Matthew's new laptop right now - hehe!