About me

 It is so hard to describe anyone without reducing or pigeon-holing them. But, so that you have an idea about who I am, here are a few headlines.
I am a retired Church of England priest. 
Husband, father, grandfather.
Gay, political, activist.
Musician, singer, theologian.
Needleworker, cook, gardener.
Wild swimmer, walker, naturist.

    I have been blessed with so much in my life. By that I mean so many good things, obviously, but also some very difficult and painful things. Some of those were self-inflicted, and some I had no control over. There were times I would dearly love to have avoided or escaped some of them. But I didn't, or couldn't. So I have had to learn that going through, enduring, is itself a source of real blessing, a school of life.

    Now I am starting a pilgrimage. Beginning in Burgundy, I will walk in stages to Santiago de Compostela. It will take years, as I can't afford too many days away from home at one time. I may never complete it. It is one of a number of actions I am taking to review my life course before God. For, with all its complications and failings, my life has been one lived as a follower of Christ - and I am still on the Way.