Men’s weekend 10-12th March

 

A group of 18 men from the parishes of St Andrew’s, St Thomas’, and Christ Church descended on Rookhow retreat centre in Rutland for a weekend exploring ‘Men’ and ‘Faith’. The weekend was led superbly by Rev’d Alastair Ross and gave space and perspective in which to think.

 

We were self catering and pictured above are the Curry Team providing evening meal on the Friday night.

 

The Saturday saw us on the high mountains above Coniston on the Old Man descending via Goat’s water, thanks go to Adrian Jackman-Smith for leading the walk and to Martin Stuart for his mountain craft and support.

 

Sunday was a challenge we awoke to deep snow which kept falling ~ attempts were made to leave and eventually after bribing a local farmer to clear the five miles of road we all managed to make our way out and home safely to our loved ones.

The weekend was a resounding success. Thank you especially to David Kaye for his planning and to all the participants who threw themselves into it fully.