Remembrance Sunday, 11 Nov-07

Normally we don't attend church on this day of the year as, in memory of those who died we watch and take part in the Service at the Cenotaph in London. We do this in memory of my late father, and the fact I was in the British Army myself. It was also the last day for our Rector and his wife before they move to their farm at Sliddery on the Isle of Arran. It was an eomtional time for both of them and their family. We had refreshments, including a beautifully baked cake from Morag MacLaughlin before seh went in hospital for a knee replacement. The cake was iced and decorated with a lovely Celtic cross by Morag Hobbs of East Kilbride. Speeches were made and presentations to the Rector and his wife Sheenah. A sad time, but they feel they need to move on. Sheenah was very upset to say goodbye but I said it was just a marker in time and we all have invitations plus a guide map to visit them when sailing in the islands, which cheered her up no end.