Every day this week I have begun my day by getting dressed and walking 1.2km to my friend’s house, filling my five 2-litre bottles from her outside tap and walking home again. At the beginning of the week it was quite pleasant to spend 45 minutes in the fresh air first thing in the morning, [...]

One of the ever-present considerations during this week is what to eat. This evening I took my usual Thursday evening trip over to my parent’s house for tea (dinner or supper, to any southerners reading) but couldn’t decide how to account for the fact that someone else was cooking for me. Fortunately my Dad had [...]

If you live in or around Hallam (Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield, Bassetlaw) we would be delighted to see you at one (or all!) of the following events: 9th February 2012 – CAFOD’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations All supporters are invited to join CAFOD Hallam’s celebration of 50 years of CAFOD’s work in England and Wales. Mass will be [...]

Well, thank goodness for my ‘leftovers’! My washing basket was in serious danger of overflow, so I decided to bite the bullet and do a clothes wash. But I would never have managed it on my daily allowance alone. I had to use what remained of my water allowance for the day, plus several litres [...]

My mum, a very committed CAFOD supporter and volunteer, is supporting me in spirit and action this week and sent me some reflections which I thought were worth sharing with you all: “Saturday 21st January 2012 As I luxuriated in my hot bath strewn with rose petals of soap on Saturday morning we contemplated how to rise [...]