On Saturday I met up with some friends at Oxford, England, and spent a great day chatting away and enjoying a long walk. It was raining when we first met at the railway station so a coffee stop was a good first point of call hoping the rain would stop. It didn’t, but keen to get on with our day we wrapped up well and set off.
During the early part of our walk I relayed the story that I have shared in an earlier post under the title ‘Are you taking an optimistic view?’
We soon came to a church that was a planned interest point and enjoyed looking around and speaking to the two ladies that were busy keeping the place in top condition. A delightful church it was too and an interesting stained glass window as you can see from the picture. If you are interested in cars, it is a Morris Minor, which was built at the nearby Cowley factory of Morris, during the 1950s and 1960s, a name now lost in the mists of British motoring heritage. It also transpires that their new organ is by the same maker of the more recent organ in Worcester Cathedral – interesting as I live near the cathedral. So an facinating stop on our walk – made all the more interesting perhaps by discovering we were in the wrong church…..
We were directed to the church we were looking to start our walk, by one of the ladies, and set off on our way. The church we were looking for is where C S Lewis, the author, is buried. One of only a few people to gain a triple first from Oxford University. Also where another fascinating stained glass window is housed, but that is a different story.
It is so easy to get annoyed with the wasted time and false start to miss the opportunity that this mistake has caused. Interestingly, none of us were at all agitated by the error. In fact we were pleased that we had seen the first church, shared some words with kindly people and learnt more in the process.
So how often have you started somewhere only to realize it was at the wrong place……or was it?
My good wishes,
Peter
