Strangest bridge in Britain?

Sunday saw us at Leek Wootton Church. It looks quite old, but inside there are signs that it is keeping up with the times. Much work has been done to improve the interior for the millennium. There is a platform in front of the rood screen. This is quite common in churches of a certain age (old!), I do wonder though whether it puts a further symbolic barrier between people (including the clergy) and God. It was a traditional (Common Worship) Holy Communion. The sermon was on the good Samaritan, and the OT reading showed us where the Samaritans came from.

Lunch was a barbecue at Ashow, in the village club. Croquette was available on the lawn, and the food was excellent. We had to leave before the raffle was drawn, so don't know if we won.

The church still has its box pews and an uneven floor.
It is one of only 4(?) Anglican churches dedicated to the Assumption of our Lady (Virgin Mary). The village is at the end of a no through road, on the banks of the river Avon. The church is reached by a footpath, and following on from the footpath there is a bridge across the river.

When the footpath meets the river there is the most odd bridge.
It is not an optical illusion, the sides really do curve outwards. It acts like an optical illusion. As I walked across the bridge I was instantly convinced that I would fall over the side, first one side then then other, and extremely weird feeling.

We left about 2:30pm to travel back to Lincoln and then home, arriving about 8:30pm, after catching the traffic from the Duxford Airshow.

An excellent few days.

Leek Wootton

Yesterday we travelled to Leek Wooton in the afternoon, to attend the licensing and installation of one of my oldest (longest established) friends. It is very different from his previous church(es). This one is really three (also Ashow and Stoneleigh), it is rural, not in a large town, it has a primary school 'attached'. Being rural, it has graveyards, and bells.

The service was very interesting, and started late for us as the bishop and the others had visited the other two churches. It was good to see Jim and Nicola again, and we look forward to paying them a proper visit, as they have the house for it (apparently) and are in one of the loveliest parts of England.

Leek Wootton Parish council. I can't find a church website.

What's the difference between a piece of software and a vicar? One is installed and licenced, the other is licenced and installed.

OK, its not funny, but it is peculiar.