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man, what a week!

spent mon-fri in bawtry, south yorkshire, attending part 2 of the industrial missions association induction course. we stayed at 'bawtrey hall', which served as no 1 bomber command during wwii.

one day was spent visiting the corus steel works, to speak with some management crew, the works chaplain, and to be shown around the vast steel works site itself. only trouble was, it was the day that they routinely shut the works down for maintenance! so no watching the awesome sites of red/white hot steel being made and moved around - and it was fairly freezing walking around...

one of the afternoons was free time, so a few of us went to visit the ruins of roche abbey, a magnificent example of cistercian life. if you're ever up that way, be sure to visit.

then today, we've just spent as a pcc (parochial church council - the parish governance body) away day, as we began the process of developing a set of parish values, looking at our purpose, making some decisions about resources, and looking to set a 3 - 5 year strategy. its a long process, and rightly so. the feel of the day was very good, and our new boss showed himself to be very capable in leadership and setting things up well.

but after a week of that kind of thing, i'm feeling a bit drained (as i'm sure you can imagine).