Roughly every eight weeks, I meet with my Pastoral Supervisor to reflect on my practice using a broad scheme of 'soul, role and context'.  I travel by train, and, as the trains don't quite align to the meeting times, sometimes there's time for coffee in the cafe in the tiny shopping precinct.

This year, summer has been more than a smidgen bonkers for 'reasons' as the saying goes.  All is well with both roles but a lot of 'stuff' disrupted my plans for a chilled break.

As always, it was good to slow down for an hour, to unpick some of what's what and to realign or re-centre my mind, heart, soul for the weeks ahead. And today there was time for a skinny latte and a scone before catching the train homewards.

Hard to believe that, technically come Sunday, I have done two years in these new roles - but good to pause and think back at all that's been achieved in that time.