During the Summer, Annmarie had a short walk with her Goddaughter from Cold Aston to Notgrove along the Gloucestershire Way.
She writes:
T S Eliot converted to the
Church of England ( High Anglican) whilst walking in the Cotswolds and the
following are just a few lines from Burnt Norton.The church of St Bartholomew
is a gem, dating from Norman times. The most interesting feature is a Saxon
carving of the Crucifixion set in an outside wall.
In the Salk vestry there is
a wonderful piece of stained glass of the Virgin and Child.C1300.
I came here thirty years
ago and was delighted to revisit this wonderful old church again so recently.
Are both perhaps present in
time future,
And time future contained in
time past.
If all time is eternally
present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an
abstraction
Remaining a perpetual
possibility
Only in a world of
speculation.
What might have been and what
has been
Point to one end, which is
always present.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did
not take
Towards the door we never
opened.
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