Open House Sunday

We sang Oldroyd's Mass of the Quiet hour and Stanford's "O for a closer walk with God" and both went well. As it was Ann and Tony King's 40th wedding anniversary they chose the hymns and we enjoyed wine after the service. I practised and prepared for Teresa's First mass on Sept 29th. Decided to play the Dorian Fugue.
To All Saints Carshalton with its magnificent Willis organ. Interesting that so many of the churches I visited this weekend are High Church ones. To the Honeywood heritage centre which is a fascinating Victorian house with lots of interesting items and displays. Then a walk in the sun round the Sutton Ecology centre and a visit to the 18th century Water Tower which has a lovely plunge bath with Delft tiles. We were given a tour round the grounds of St Philhomena's school formerly Carshalton House. Had tea with John Hawes. Final visit to 72 Carshalton Grove which demonstrates the use of insulation and recycling to cut a house's carbon footprint to nil!