After the second Vigil it was definitely, unambiguously Easter, and I went to have breakfast, along with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
emperor, atreic, Brian winodw, and all the other Vigil attendees. The traditional GMS Post-Vigil breakfast is a slighly odd mix of roast lamb, hot-cross buns, hard boiled eggs, and chocolate eggs. I was happy, but in a slightly brittle stage of sleep deprivation, which mean socialing with strangers was a little bit challenging, but I don't think I let it show too much. I had a brief chat with their new vicar, and came away with a very strong feeling that he is a Good Thing. Apparently making excellent vicar appointments was fashionable last year :)
After a fairly short while, Sally and Brian and I headed off to partake in what has now become another Easter tradition of a swim in the Cam between Masses. I'm quite glad that I first engaged in said tradition this year, when Easter was late in the year and the water was a relatively civilised 14 degrees. Even so, at first dive it was extremely bracing, but after a minute or so of moving around I'd acclimatised, and it became pretty pleasant. We'd driven out towards Grantchester, so the water was at least a little cleaner than in the town centre. The light was stunning, and there were some friendly ducks who were remarkably unfussed about people swimming close to them. We had enough time to spend about fifteen minutes in the water before heading over to Brian's to shower, and then back to the church for High Mass.
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emperor, atreic, Brian winodw, and all the other Vigil attendees. The traditional GMS Post-Vigil breakfast is a slighly odd mix of roast lamb, hot-cross buns, hard boiled eggs, and chocolate eggs. I was happy, but in a slightly brittle stage of sleep deprivation, which mean socialing with strangers was a little bit challenging, but I don't think I let it show too much. I had a brief chat with their new vicar, and came away with a very strong feeling that he is a Good Thing. Apparently making excellent vicar appointments was fashionable last year :)After a fairly short while, Sally and Brian and I headed off to partake in what has now become another Easter tradition of a swim in the Cam between Masses. I'm quite glad that I first engaged in said tradition this year, when Easter was late in the year and the water was a relatively civilised 14 degrees. Even so, at first dive it was extremely bracing, but after a minute or so of moving around I'd acclimatised, and it became pretty pleasant. We'd driven out towards Grantchester, so the water was at least a little cleaner than in the town centre. The light was stunning, and there were some friendly ducks who were remarkably unfussed about people swimming close to them. We had enough time to spend about fifteen minutes in the water before heading over to Brian's to shower, and then back to the church for High Mass.
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