ICS Chaplains Conference in Switzerland
The Swiss Alps from my conference centre bedroom balcony © Ricky Yates I spent the week, (Monday 29th April – Friday 3rd May), attending the annual Intercontinental Church Society (ICS) Chaplains and...
View ArticleWalking with my pilgrim wife
Sybille taking a photograph alongside the Thunersee © Ricky Yates My sincere apologies that it is exactly one month since I last posted anything here on my blog. Long-standing followers will know that...
View ArticleEinigen – Schwarzenburg
My pilgrim wife observing the local livestock © Ricky Yates After a night punctuated by further thunder, lightning and rain, we awoke to grey skies the next morning and heard the pitter-patter of rain...
View ArticleFroidville bei Posieux – Curtilles
The French is slightly longer than the German ‘Wanderweg’ © Ricky Yates When we left the ‘House of Angels’ at Froidville bei Posieux on the morning of Wednesday 13th August, the sky was cloudy and...
View ArticleCurtilles – Lausanne – Ecublens
Moudon Church © Ricky Yates After a splendid breakfast provided by Frau Luder at her home near Curtilles, we set out on a grey, but at that point dry, morning, to walk five kilometres along the...
View ArticleEcublens – Gland
The tower of St-Sulpice Church with Lac Léman beyond © Ricky Yates After a good night’s sleep and an excellent breakfast, we bid farewell to the Jordan family and walked the 1.5km back from...
View ArticleGland – Geneva
Prangins Church © Ricky Yates My final two days of walking through Switzerland, accompanying Sybille on her pilgrimage from Prague to Santiago de Compostela, took us through a series of towns and...
View ArticleSince my return from Switzerland……
My worn-out boots © Ricky Yates Five weeks ago today, I returned to Prague after spending a wonderful two weeks accompanying Sybille on her pilgrimage from Prague to Santiago de Compostela, walking...
View ArticleAnother insight into Czech life and culture
The rocks and forests of the Czech countryside © Ricky Yates Yesterday, I officiated at the burial of ashes of two people, a husband and wife, into the family grave. Whilst this is something I would...
View ArticleA snowy Sunday and Monday in Prague and Dresden
On Sunday 17th January 2016, I conducted worship in two different countries, something I shall now be doing quite regularly in 2016 on the third Sunday of each month. At 11.00, I celebrated the...
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