Friends

Our dear friends Sharon and Steve Swanson have been around the UK since August 15. Sharon is pastor at Faith in Bellingham, and this is sabbatical for her. It’s much more than that, however, as this is home territory for her. She is English, spent much of her childhood here in North Yorkshire and is very happy to be back here. She is writing a terrific blog at www.revinthewild.weebly.com. Check it out!

By a wonderful coincidence of schedule, Steve and Sharon are in Whitby while we’re in Beck Hole - a huge less than 10 mile difference! They came over today in the late morning. We started in the Beck Hole pub, the Birch Hall Inn. Here’s info about Beck Hole and Birch Hall: www.beckhole.info/bhi.html


After a pint each (two of Black Sheep, two of Beckwater) we walked back to the cottage for a wonderful afternoon of travel stories and great fun. We had tea and chocolate digestive biscuits around 3:30, then joined together to cook Cumberland sausages, potatoes, mushrooms, salad and garlic bread. A lovely meal and time together. They got out of here (it is a hole - 600 feet down from the top of the moor!) before dark. A great time.

In the Pub at Beck Hole

Now we’re getting ready to watch the last episode of Midwinter of the Spirit. Sharon and I are not totally sure it’s up to snuff. We'll be meeting up again tomorrow in Whitby.