Rachel Beck

Square collage of two photos, showing Rachel (left) and me (right) outside the east end of Tewkesbury Abbey

Portrait: selfie of Rachel and me outside the east end of Tewkesbury Abbey

Square collage of two photos, showing Rachel with poached eggs (left) and me with a veggie breakfast (right)

Landscape: two books: * 'Holy Island' (LJ Ross), with a cover illustration of Lindisfarne * The Penguin Dictionary of First Names (simple cover with purple, white and black)

An excellent few hours catching up with the wonderful @rachelb105.bsky.social, ft. brunch, bookshops, ice cream and #TewkesburyAbbey. 🥰

Look at that blue sky!!

Great pics! Hard to imagine the weather that nice at the moment!! #happymemory

Portrait: exterior view of the church including its tower, seen from the north east on a sunny day. In the foreground is a grassy churchyard with a few tombstones.

Portrait: looking upwards inside the stone tower, with several ladders leading to a wooden roof and trapdoor.

Portrait: looking down from the church tower to the graveyard below on a sunny day. Hills are on the horizon. In the foreground is a stone gargoyle, seen from above.

Landscape: selfie of two ladies on top of a church tower, with stonework, a flagpole and trees in the background.

A #SteepleSaturday throwback to climbing the tower of St Margaret's, Whaddon with the wonderful @rachelb105.bsky.social.

The nave and chancel are 13th century, but the tower itself is 15th century. The church was re-dedicated to St Margaret of Scotland in 1315.

#CofE

Giving thanks for all those working this Christmas time in our precious @NHSuk All patients at Cirencester Hospital got gifts on Christmas morning, along with a brass band visit, and a chance to sit at table with other patients for Christmas dinner ❤️ #kindness #care @gloshealthnhs.bsky.social

It’s so lovely to work with these great people who make up the St George’s Tuffley Open the Book team! This morning we were in the Infant School, tomorrow the Juniors will come into church for Open the Book! #Christmas #parish #teamwork

Christopher ‘living his best life’ meeting the Pantomime cast at Warners Littlecote House #Jackandthebeanstalk #holidays

Ahh, lovely Lincoln 🥰 fab photos! (Also very much liking the look of the warming up drink & biscuit in the cafe, can imagine it’s well needed 🥶)

An ‘unintended’ consequence of leading a session for Brownies about Advent (and making some Advent paper chains) is that there seems to be some left over chocolate to eat… 😇 #ministry

It was wonderful to meet Bishop Emmanuel from the Diocese of Western Tanganyika in Tanzania today, at St Margaret’s, on what happened to be our Patronal Festival! Double cause for celebration with cake after the Eucharist! Fascinating to hear about his diocese & his hopes for continued partnership.

What a lovely and effective poster.

Preparation for tomorrow’s Remembrance service with uniformed orgs has proved different to usual, and I’ve learnt so much about jelly babies that I didn’t know before!! I’d never realised they were known as peace babies in 1918 or that they are now different shapes with individual names! #whoknew

As we continue to explore Gloucestershire… we have very much enjoyed a short stay at Tortworth Court, Wooton-under-Edge, thanks to a good deal through Secret Escapes. We even managed a short walk in the grounds when it didn’t rain! #timeoff #relax

Thank you! Feels exciting so far!

Grateful to @linahound.bsky.social for a code to join blue sky and delighted to see many familiar faces from another platform! Looking forward to trying this out… #newbie