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Dec 07th
Well folks, here we are again doing an update on what
has happened to me over the last six months. As you all know, I have been in
the Knights Templar for the last year. Well, the day came for me to be invested
as a Knight. My friends, Margaret, and I set off one early morning to leave for
Littlehampton some 200 miles away. Seeing that we had not been there before we
had to work out a route, which we had some fun with. We had four routes to pick
from and trying not to use the motor ways, as we call them in the UK. We
started at 8.30am, had to be in Littlehampton by 4.00pm, and booked into the
hotel. We got on well on the roads and made good time, after a couple of hours
we were outside Oxford and boy was it pouring down! After a break of 30 minutes
we took off again making good time again so we had a break for some food after
1 hour boy we needed it I can tell you. We saw some lovely sights on the way,
places I had never seen before, like all of us, but we made it to Littlehampton
by 2.30pm and that's when all the things went wrong. Littlehampton is only
little I can tell you but to find the hotel was something else, we found every
other hotel but not the one we booked into on the phone. We were told it was on
top of a roundabout. No-one told us how many there were in this little town.
Boy did we get lost, we even asked a taxi driver and he took us to the wrong
one as well! Time was running out, but we did find it at long last only to be
told we could not book in till 3.00pm that gave us an hour to get some food and
get changed and be at the meeting by 4.00pm and we had to find the church as
well. Guess what! We got lost once more so I got to the meeting late, but we
got there. I attended the meeting while the others went and looked around this
little town, I told them to be back between 6.00pm and 6.30pm for the church
service for the investitures, and boy, I thought that is going to be me. I
found out later, as we were getting ready, I was going to be invested on the
Sunday. We finished the meeting before 6.00pm and my party was not back. We
were about to go into the service when just as we were about to go though the
door they came through the door, so they had to go out again to go into the
church and find their seats. I got dressed, went into the church, and found my
seat at the front with them. This service went well as I was not doing
anything, so I just sat and enjoyed the service. This lasted about an hour.
Then we had to go back to undress to go to the meal which was and looked good.
Boy I needed a drink, I can tell you, and I had one as well or two was it? We
sat down to the meal and it was lovely only to find I had to speak after one
course while the other was getting ready. Boy, this was one thing I had not
planned for, but still I got on with it and spoke for three minutes about me
and my family and all went well after that. However, the next trick was to find
the hotel. Repeatedly we got lost many times but we got there and I fell in the
bed only to find we had to get up at 6.30am to get ready for the service in the
morning, well the bed was not too great but I did get some sleep. We were woken
up at 6.30 to get dressed for the service but before we started on the road
again we had to have breakfast which we did and we got to the church with 30
minutes to spare, that's when the fun began. I had to get dressed again but in
a white mantle (cloak) and I had to go into the church before anyone else to
have a little service and then back again to take that off and put a new one
on. Boy I did not know whether I was coming or going I can tell you as the
church was filling up with the local people and little me again was at the
front with my party all ready to be dubbed. My nerves were at breaking point as
I did not know when I was going up to the front to be dubbed or knighted but
the time had come I was going to do this on my own without any help. I got to
the front and was given a paper with details on to read off with my new mantle
on which is in the picture below and was dubbed as a new knight and I had to
get back to my place. I was told afterwards that the sun came out as I was
being dubbed which please my friends and family. I am proud of being one of the
Knights Templar, it is not a birthright but the actions we do in life. I hope
you like the pictures and I have to thank all my family and friends but most of
all I thank God I am able to think of what I do in every day life. Perhaps if
we all think at this time of year we can but help just one person then life
would be a lot better. After all we are thinking of the birth of Jesus . Happy
Christmas to one and all. See you in the new year
Chev Colin Kerridge
