Silence is Golden

Very early start today. Up at 7.30am, a very unusual occurrence for me!
Off to Whitchester Christian Retreat (a few miles south of Hawick) for a reflective retreat to mark the start of Advent with some of my Lighthouse Group chums.
I managed to deal with the long periods of silent reflection but I struggled with the cold when we were away from the log fire. It was a rather poignant day as it was the first time we’d been back since our friend Elspeth died. We had happy memories of spending time with her at Whitchester. We also saw the cherry tree, in her memory, that we arranged to be planted in the garden. Hot bath once I got back home.