Ben and Bill on Pilgrimage
Jeff Jackson has been helping the monastery recently with repairing the two main front doors, which over the years have suffered in the Northumberland weather. At the weekend Robert and Tina came up from the warmer South to experience some Northumbrian quiet and Kim returned to Denmark.
Tun Hiriko's parents Marjan and Marina returned to Slovenia after having been introduced to the sights of the North east and after a week with us Patrick headed back down South.
Having set off on a Pilgrimage around Britain in May, Ben and Bill came to stay with us for four days. They had trekked down from Lindisfarne and after Kusala House they would be walking into Throssel Hole Priory to try out the rigours of a Zen retreat. On Wednesday Ajahn Sawaeng returned from the Tort Pah Bah at Santacittarama in Italy and Bernd arrived to help celebrate Anagarika Micheal's birthday on Thursday.
On Friday Maria Isabel is returning to Spain after having taught many of us some Spanish language and shown the Anagarikas Catalan dishes. Her lively presence has been appreciated by many over these last three weeks. In the afternoon a large interfaith group of ladies coming with the Bishop of Newcastle's adviser will be talking with Ajahn Punnyo.
