More Impressions of Pilgrims Hall and a Surprise

Before moving on to more impressions of Pilgrims Hall, the name coming from the fact that it was a stopping place for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury some centuries ago, I want to share with you an exciting event taking place here this coming week.

Sara of Much Ado About Something is leaving her home in California and coming to stay with me for a week before she embarks on an organised tour of England. We will also have the pleasure of meeting her husband. We have never met in person before but through blogging, phone calls, E-mails and exchanging gifts over two and a half years I feel I know her pretty well already. We are used to having people come to stay in our home that we have never met so it is not a new situation for us but Sara and her husband have never stayed in a 'strangers' home before. They will be Ok. There is always a connection in the spirit when Christians meet as well as the physical. So, I am excited and looking forward to their visit.

We will have so much to talk about in getting to know each other better and with the proposed visits to villages and National Trust and gardens etc., it will probably be some days before I can show you some of the great pictures that we will be taking.

In the meantime do enjoy a walk around some of the grounds of Pilgrims Hall

For new visitors to my blog, Pilgrims Hall is a Christian Conference and Retreat Centre and serves the local community in many diverse ways. I am one of the directors there so it can feel like a second home. If you click on Pilgrims Hall in the 'Labels' on my sidebar you will see more of this very lovely house and grounds.

Here we are enjoying a BBQ with the resident team

This wall was covered in Wysteria until 2 years ago when it all had to be removed as a result of the damage caused by it. It cost us £65,000 to have it repaired. Had to be a traditional repair job as the house is a listed building.

The old stable block, now housing team residents

The conservatory

'My sheep hear my voice' The sheep hear the shepherd approaching

They want the food the shepherd has to give even though they are surrounded by enticing grass. There are always spiritual truths to be found around sheep.

The black sheep follow too

They know the shepherd loves them and will hold them in his arms

Some of the 85 chickens that keep me supplied in eggs

A little of the 19 acres

The only Wysteria that has been kept as seen from the sunken garden

The path to.....................................?

Hello to you too!

Looking through to the walled kitchen garden

And the tool shed