I am back home! My friends of the village have given me a fantastic welcome. It was the culmination of a journey, in which I experienced so many signs of kindness and sympathy. Fiona and Gavin of Sea View Café in Borth-y-Gest treated me to Champagne and sandwiches, whi...

Coventry was my final destination to visit. Coventry has the distinction ‘City of Peace and Reconciliation”. The city suffered severe destruction in two air raids on 14th November 1940. The cathedral was badly damaged.

Understandably there was much outrage. However, rat...

I attended a service in the cathedral. It was moving, and yet it seemed too simple. There were many symbols of reconciliation in the new cathedral, but they did not speak to me as profoundly as I had expected. Something was missing. Then I found a poster titled ‘Confli...

The Charred Cross is made from two medieval roof-beams found in the rubble in the shape of the cross after the bombing in November 1940.

Das verkohlte Kreuz ist aus zwei mittelalterlichen Dachstreben angefertigt, die nach der Bombardierung im November 1940 in der Form...

After yesterday’s excitement today was much quieter. I met up with my son Tom at Windsor. I wanted to go there as it is one of the homes of the British monarchs and it has given the name to the present Royal Family. ‘Windsor’ sounds authentically English. However the n...