In and Out of Town

This morning Nathanael and I went for a run. It was beautiful. Morning mist, new flowers, rabbits, deer. The dirt path was nice for running.

We drove into London this morning for church. The bad news was Asher was pretty sick so we left him and Nathanael out at our place of lodging. The good news was the larger of the two rented cars had fold out seats in the hatchback so the seven of us were able to ride in one vehicle. This made parking easier.

I enjoyed the first sermon. The worship was good considering I didn’t know most of the songs and the musical accompaniment was of the canned variety. The second sermon took me by surprise, though by the time it actually started I had realized that the first sermon had been Sunday School. There just hadn’t been any pause or change of scenery to separate the two.

A lot of the congregation was from Africa. There were people there from Eritrea and Nigeria. I don’t know where else.

This week we are staying in the Mapledurham Almshouse. This afternoon we went and looked at the Mapledurham House and Waterwheel.

The waterwheel, which I am told is the last operational one on the Thames, was really cool. The water diverted from the river was then further divided to flow on both sides of the mill house. The one side had the mill wheel in it. The other side could be blocked up varying amounts to adjust the flow to the wheel.


The Mapledurham House was HUGE! Add to the adjoining stables and chapel and you’ve got a lot of brick.


Also near the house was a walled in vegetable garden. The brick wall was at least eight feet tall and enclosed over half an acre.