Heartland
Above - that's a picture of Holy Trinity Church in the heart of my East Yorkshire village, I was christened in that church and there I delivered eulogies for my mother in 2007 and for my younger brother Simon in August 2022. I took the photograph this very morning. It was the first time I had seen Simon's gravestone. There it is in the foreground just left of centre. I put the potted heather in front of it and some rocks I had brought specially from home to support the pot. I have obscured our surname for purposes of confidentiality. Luckily, the church door was open. A woman was busily cleaning therein but she kindly allowed me inside with my friend Tony who I had picked up in Beverley. We saw the font where, as a baby, I was doused with holy water and a carved stone relic from the village's original church which stood at Hall Garth - a mile west of the village. It was called St Faith's but only its churchyard remains. It is a place that has always intrigued me. ...