Last night I used a free evening to catch up with an old college friend, Simon Middleton, who is now teaching at Dulwich College. It was a really enjoyable evening and an award must go to the wonderful barmaid at ‘The Mansion’ in Dulwich for giving us such a warm and sincere welcome. The food was excellent (with the exception of one chewy steak, returned to sender) and the beer and company good.
The ‘small world’ moment arrived courtesy of Kate & Perry (pictured), two friends of Simon who joined us for the evening. Natives of New Zealand they have been teaching in London for the past two years but are now preparing for a dramatic move to Abu Dhabi. As we talked it emerged that ‘Miss Skipper’ has already appeared on an Anglo-Catholic blog! The reason being that her teaching post has been done at S. Peter’s school, Wapping- the parish priest being one Fr. Trevor Jones SSC. A small world indeed and we enjoyed finding his blog on the iphone, she is the teacher in the white top! Fr. Jones will be delighted to know that Miss Skipper was full of praise for his passion and support of the school and assured me that the children ‘think he is wonderful’. High praise indeed!
I end by wishing Kate and Perry al the best for their new life together and my prayers for their forthcoming marriage.
