A strange but charming gem

St Mary's Westwell - what a delight! I just stumbled across it, like everywhere else on this pilgrimage really, and decided to try the door. 

It was open. It was obviously loved and well used. Tables and chairs were laid out for a coffee morning. The architecture was strange and charming: an odd row of pillars in front of a little enclosed horseshoe of choir stalls. A very attractive modern altar in what was clearly a very old building. A fantastic east window - a Jesse Tree. And pilgrims were expected. There was a little ink stamp at the back to add the church to the 'passports' many modern pilgrims carry. I stamped the inside cover of my Bible.

A joyous place to say evening prayer, and to pray for the folks who worship here week by week. 

///unafraid.chefs.irrigated