Newlyweds Charlie
and Toddy Phelps had a wonderful honeymoon in Rome enjoying the culture,
history and romance of the city, seeing all the sites, and because of her
religious background, albeit as a Church of England Nun, they couldn't leave
the city without a visit to the Vatican.
They didn't
however restrict their time to Rome, they had two days in Naple's primarily to
visit Pompeii and Herculaneum, and from Naples they flew to Israel in time
for Christmas and saw the sites of Jerusalem , because it is a city of
great significance for Christians, so they saw the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives, and the Via Dolorosa
before flying back to Rome for the New Year.
On returning to
the village, she moved into Beechwood officially and as they had returned to
Pepperstock Green in the grip of winter they didn’t venture out much for
the first few days and addressed some domestic issues.
With the
exception of his study and the kitchen, which were the rooms he inhabited the
most, he hadn't really made his mark on the house in terms of decor, so now he
had a new wife he thought it was appropriate timing to impose their
personalities on the place and turn the house into a home, this obviously
required them, after the weather improved, to go off on several of their famous
outings.
One of the
first things they bought was her own desk so they could share the study, and
the only other major item was a new sofa, the rest of their shopping
expeditions were for soft furnishings, cushions, and curtains, then there were
lamps and shades, anything else they would get once they realized they needed
it.
So, with the
garden in good order and the home furnishings dealt with they paid a visit up
to St Adelaide’s for a site meeting and were very pleased with what they saw
and were given completion dates for the various parts of the project.
With the work
proceeding at pace up at the site of St Adelaide’s
Reflection and Healing Retreat
it was time for Charlie and Toddy to begin interviewing.
It was perhaps
appropriate that they began on St Davids Day as the first two interviewees were
Welsh, Candice and Anna Roberts.
The interviews
were going to be held very informally at Beechwood, followed by a tour of St Adelaide’s,
if they made a good impression and the interviews went well, but the Roberts
girls almost didn’t make it to Pepperstock Green.
In fact, they
very nearly didn’t make it out of Abbottsford at all after a fender bender with
a taxi.
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