…which is, by happy co-incidence, both the title of the next book in Dock Book Group, and a suitably portentous-sounding title for a blog telling you about some upcoming events! Continue reading →

How’s this for a perfect view from the car window on my first day back to work?  Rainy, dark, cold, miserable… As if to say: you’re in Northern Ireland now and boy, your holidays are over! Continue reading →

My last blog for a few weeks… just as the rest of you are back to porridge as a new term of work/school/uni begins, the Bennetts are off on their summer holidays – trying not to gloat too much… Continue reading →

A day of farewells today…  Since last November, I’ve been spending some of my time in the parishes of Millisle and Carrowdore, covering their vacancy until a new Rector turned up to do the job properly! Continue reading →

It’s all go in the TQ this weekend – the massive Crown Princess cruise ship is back, and so coachloads of passengers are arriving at the Pump House for their Titanic experience.  It’s fab to see Belfast really starting to put itself on the tourist map – although if I was being mean, I’d have to say that the crowds on this occasion are a little on the geriatric side… Continue reading →